Refining
Shell blends biofuel for Scuderia Ferrari at South Korea Grand Prix
Shell has blended a second advanced biofuel into fuel supplied to Scuderia Ferrari for the last three races of the 2010 Formula One championship.
Sunoco to supply NASCAR with ethanol-blended race fuel
Sunoco, Inc. will supply the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) with a new high-performance fuel for the 2011 season. The new fuel, known as Sunoco Green E15, is a 15% ethanol blend that will be used in NASCAR's three national touring series.
Technip finalizes agreements with MISC and MHB
Technip has finalized its agreements with MISC Berhad and Malaysia Marine and Heavy Engineering Holdings Berhad (MHB), two companies within Malaysia’s national oil corporation, Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), to establish their long-term collaboration.
EPA grants E15 waiver for newer vehicles
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has waived a limitation on selling fuel that is more than 10% ethanol for model year 2007 and newer cars and light trucks.
Neste Oil and Stora Enso launch impact assessment for renewable diesel plant
Neste Oil's and Stora Enso's joint venture, NSE Biofuels Oy, is to commence environmental impact assessments for a commercial-scale biorefinery at Porvoo and at Imatra in Finland.
KP builds FCC gas hydrotreater for Wynnewood
KP Engineering, LP completed a 13,000 bpd FCC gasoline hydrotreater for Wynnewood Refining Co. in Wynnewood, Oklahoma.
Ecopetrol successfully started-up its HDT complex project
Ecopetrol has successfully started-up two new units for the production of ultra low-sulfur-diesel (Prime-D) and ultra low-sulfur-gasoline (Prime-G+), as part of its hydrotreating project (HDT) at its Barrancabermeja refinery, located in the Santander department of Colombia.
H2scan receives multi-analyzer order from BP
The BP refinery in Cherry Point, Washington, has selected multiple H2scan hydrogen process analyzers integrated with the NeSSI platform system for their analyzer upgrades.
Foster Wheeler working on new delayed coking unit in Argentina
Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by YPF.S.A. for a new delayed coking unit to be built at YPF's Complejo Industrial La Plata in Argentina.
Marathon selling most of its Minnesota downstream assets
Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (MPC) has entered into definitive agreements with ACON Investments, LLC (ACON) and TPG Capital, LP (TPG) for the sale of most of Marathon's Minnesota downstream assets.
- 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
