Environment & Safety
India's MRPL to shut crude unit for maintenance in mid-May
India's Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will shut its 144,000-bpd crude distillation unit from mid-May for maintenance.
Japan's Eneos restarts two crude distillation units at Kawasaki after shutdown
Japan's largest refiner, Eneos Corp, restarted two crude distillation units at its Kawasaki refinery near Tokyo following an unplanned shutdown.
Venezuela restarts Carbon refinery's FCCU after a year out of service
Venezuela's second largest refinery, Cardon, restarted its fluid catalytic cracker which had been out of service for more than a year due to a failure and lack of raw materials
Maire subsidiaries awarded various contracts worth approximately $1.1 B
MAIRE announced that its subsidiaries TECNIMONT and KT-Kinetics Technology have been granted new awards for a total amount of approximately $1.1 B for engineering, procurement and construction activities related to gas treatment infrastructures, as well as high-value added engineering services provided by NEXTCHEM's group companies for the development of biofuel facilities.
Versalis starts up new recycled polymer production plant at Porto Marghera
Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has opened a new plant in Porto Marghera for the production of plastics made wholly or partially from mechanically recycled raw materials. This project marks another key milestone in the company’s commitment to promoting a more circular and environmentally sustainable economy through technological innovation and post-consumer plastics recycling.
Hazer and KBR enter global deal to accelerate licensing and commercialization
Hazer Group Ltd. has entered into a binding alliance agreement with Kellogg Brown and Root LLC, a global leader in technology and engineering solutions, for the commercial deployment and licensing of Hazer’s proprietary methane pyrolysis technology.
Methanex announces the successful restart of 1.8-MMtpy Geismar 3 plant in Louisiana (U.S.)
Methanex Corporation announced that its 1.8-MMtpy methanol plant, Geismar 3 (G3), in Geismar, Louisiana (U.S.) has successfully restarted and begun producing methanol following an unplanned outage in late February.
Norway's Mongstad oil refinery maintains operation during partial evacuation
Norway's Mongstad oil refinery was partially evacuated on Friday when smoke was detected at an electricity substation on the site, although the plant's production continued during the incident.
Spanish oil refineries shut down after power blackout
Several Spanish oil refineries, including both plants run by Spain's second largest refinery operator Moeve, were shut down on Monday after a widespread power outage hit Spain and Portugal.
Neste divests its NAPCON technology to Lummus Technology
Neste has signed an agreement to sell its proprietary technology NAPCON to Lummus Technology. NAPCON covers solutions in the field of interactive operator training simulators and game-aided learning systems, real-time process optimization, AI based process predictors and real-time process information gathering, monitoring and analytics.
- Nextchem (Maire) awarded feasibility studies contract for two plastic upcycling projects in Africa and Asia 3/24
- Ketjen and Aramco collaborate to support the development of next-generation FCC catalyst innovation 3/24
- UK government pledges £9 MM for new development projects at Mossmorran ethylene plant in Fife 3/24
- PetroChina reaches milestone on $10-B Dalian refining and chemical integration project 3/24
- Valero shuts Texas refinery after explosion 3/24
- JGSOC appoints International Process Plants to evaluate sale of Batangas petrochemical complex 3/24
