Refining
Chevron building lubricants facility in Mississippi
Chevron Lubricants will commence construction of a lubricants manufacturing facility at the company's refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The $1.4 billion Pascagoula base oil project (PBOP) is projected to generate approximately 1,000 jobs over the next two years of construction and about 20 permanent positions once the facility is operating.
Sunoco to move forward with separation of SunCoke following settlement
Sunoco said that it will move forward with the planned separation of SunCoke Energy after reaching an agreement with ArcelorMittal that resolves the lawsuit concerning coke pricing for the Jewell facility.
Holly reports on power failure at Navajo refinery
Holly’s Navajo refinery in Artesia, New Mexico, experienced a plant-wide power failure late in the day on January 26, 2011, due to an interruption in power supply from its local utility.
CITGO starts up Corpus Christi ULSD unit
CITGO Petroleum has completed the construction and startup of a 42,500 bpd unit utilizing the latest technology to produce ultra-low-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery.
BP says emerging economies will lead energy growth to 2030
World energy growth over the next 20 years is expected to be dominated by emerging economies such as China, India, Russia and Brazil while improvements in energy efficiency measures are set to accelerate, according to BP’s latest projection of energy trends, the BP Energy Outlook 2030.
No direct benefit from use of alternative fuels by US military
If the US military increases its use of alternative fuels, there will be no direct benefit to the nation's armed forces, according to a new RAND Corp. study.
API says decision on Keystone pipeline project essential to jobs
API called on the US Department of State today to approve the Keystone pipeline project as soon as possible “as a matter of critical national interest.” The pipeline, which would be built by TransCanada Corp., would be part of a pipeline system bringing oil from Alberta’s oil sands region in Canada to US refineries.
Hovensa to pay $5.3 million penalty for Clean Air Act violations
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Justice announced today that Hovensa LLC, owner of the second largest petroleum refinery in the United States, has agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $5.3 million and spend more than $700 million in new pollution controls that will help protect public health and resolve Clean Air Act violations at its refinery in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.
Hovensa closing units and reducing crude distillation capacity
Hovensa plans to shut down certain processing units on the west side of its refinery in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. This action will reduce the refinery’s crude oil distillation capacity from 500,000 bpd to 350,000 bpd, with no impact on the capacity of its coker or fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit.
Endicott Biofuels building second-generation biorefinery in Texas
Endicott Biofuels (EBF) has signed an agreement with KMTEX to construct a 30-million gpy biorefinery in Port Arthur, Texas, that will employ EBF’s proprietary technology for the production of high-purity biodiesel.
- EIA: U.S. crude, fuel inventories rose in the week ended December 19 12/30
- Ghana's Tema oil refinery restarts after 9-yr shutdown 12/30
- INA nears completion of €700-MM Rijeka refinery upgrade project 12/29
- Topsoe’s advanced technology selected for a SAF and renewable diesel project in Uruguay 12/29
- DHL and CMA CGM accelerate decarbonization of ocean freight with joint biofuel initiative 12/29
- Prysmian and Versalis partner on new, innovative chemical recycling process 12/29
