Refining
Digital Exclusive: Water injection pump mechanical seals failure after pump shutdown
This article shows how the isolation of pump suction piping can lead to pump over-pressurization, causing mechanical seals catastrophic failure.
Russian gasoline output down 25% so far in June after drone attacks on refineries
The outages highlight growing strain on Russia's refining system as repeated Ukrainian attacks on energy infrastructure disrupt fuel production and logistics.
Iraq to export crude, naphtha through Syria after Hormuz shock
The move would broaden an arrangement that has seen Iraq export fuel oil through the Mediterranean port of Baniyas after the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which sharply curtailed Gulf export routes for OPEC's second-largest producer.
EIA: U.S. crude inventories decline for tenth week to over 40-yr low
The total stocks, including those from the strategic petroleum reserve, have fallen by 96.25 million barrels since the start of the Iran war, as countries around the globe have called on U.S. oil and products to fill supply gaps.
Australia opens first carbon refinery, making new products from captured CO2
MCI Carbon has been developing the Myrtle Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage technology for 15 years and the demonstration plant can potentially capture 2,500 metric tons of CO2 a year.
ABB expands non-invasive sensing portfolio to advance simpler, safer temperature measurement
NINVA clamps directly onto the outside of the pipe, giving plant operators accurate process temperature readings without the need to cut, weld or maintain traditional invasive thermowells.
OPEC sticks to robust oil demand outlook, sees no peak on horizon
The 11-member Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries depends on oil for a large part of government income, and its views on demand are higher than those of others in the industry, such as the International Energy Agency.
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