Europe
Ryazan refinery (Russia) hit by drone strike
A fire broke out due to a drone strike at a primary oil refining unit of the Ryazan refinery operated by Russia's Rosneft.
Shell records nearly $8-B Q1 profit on the back of refining, chemicals/products and LNG divisions
Shell reported a Q1 profit of $7.7 B, boosted by Red Sea trading disruptions, Russian refining outages and Shell's LNG production increases.
Water treatment specialist SurfCleaner supplies Norwegian energy giant Equinor
Swedish firm SurfCleaner has delivered a full ATEX SCO 1000 system to Eqinor’s Kårstø processing plant in Nord-Rogaland, the largest of its kind in Europe.
Equinor selects Aker for Mongstad refinery upgrade project
Aker Solutions has been awarded an EPCIC contract by Equinor to upgrade the wastewater treatment plant facilities and lower the environmental impact of the Mongstad refinery in Norway.
Emerson Software helps Covestro increase operational efficiency and sustainability
Global technology and software company Emerson is helping Covestro, a world-leading producer of high-tech polymer materials, to enhance the operational performance and sustainability of its manufacturing facility in Barcelona, Spain.
NEXTCHEM finalizes acquisitions of HyDEP and Dragoni to boost green H2 production tech
NEXTCHEM will combine its technological know-how with HyDEP and Dragoni Group’s competences in electrochemistry to develop and implement its proprietary solutions for green hydrogen production.
Carbon Clean achieves fabrication milestone on FlagshipONE with the project’s first carbon capture unit module
Carbon Clean, a leader in revolutionizing carbon capture solutions, has achieved a fabrication milestone on Ørsted’s FlagshipONE project, Europe’s largest commercial-scale eMethanol facility under construction.
LyondellBasell to build integrated plastic waste recycling hub in Germany
LyondellBasell has secured a location for an integrated plastic waste recycling hub south of an existing industrial park in Knapsack, Germany, signing a land lease agreement with YNCORIS GmbH & Co. KG. The hub is planned to combine various advanced sorting and recycling operations, helping to address the plastic waste challenge and grow the circular economy.
thyssenkrupp Uhde completes EnviNOx project for Dyno Nobel in Australia
thyssenkrupp Uhde and Dyno Nobel have successfully completed the nitrous oxide abatement project in Moranbah, Australia with the successful commissioning of thyssenkrupp Uhde’s highly effective EnviNOx technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Dyno Nobel’s nitric acid plant in Moranbah, Australia.
India receives fuel oil cargo in Russian SCF tanker after brief halt
A ship controlled by U.S.-sanctioned Russian shipping giant Sovcomflot discharged fuel oil at a western Indian port indicating a resumption in the use of SCF vessels to supply Moscow's key market after a brief halt.
- Pakistan-China to sign MoU on oil-to-chemicals complex in June 5/17
- China biofuel makers bet on sustainable aviation fuel 5/17
- AMETEK Land provides thermal imagers to large ethylene producer 5/17
- China's refinery output falls for first time in 20 mos due to maintenance 5/17
- Dow, SCG Chemicals sign MoU to transform 200,000 tpy of plastic waste into circular products 5/17
- Ukraine long-range attacks continue to disrupt Russian refining, energy operations 5/17