Refining

Australia's Ampol beats profit and dividend estimates, shares rise

No spill after Siberia oil field blasts -environment watchdog

Two explosions at an oilfield in western Siberia that killed two people did not lead to an oil spill, the head of Russia's environment watchdog Rosprirodnadzor said, adding that tests would show if the environment was harmed.

Brazil's Petrobras to raise diesel, gasoline prices

Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras said it will raise gasoline and diesel prices at its refineries after what it called an "abrupt" increase in global oil prices.

Production of renewable diesel restarted at Neste’s Singapore refinery after operational shutdown

The production of renewable diesel at Neste’s Singapore refinery expansion has been restarted in early August according to the company’s plans.

Sarens replaces E451 heat exchanger at Hengyuan Refinery's oil plant in Port Dickson, Malaysia

Sarens has participated in the renovation and upgrading of the Hengyuan Refinery oil plant facilities by replacing the E451 heat exchanger with a new unit.

TotalEnergies restating Port Arthur, Texas, reformer

TotalEnergies began restarting the reformer at its 238,000-bpd Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Monday, people familiar with plant operations said.

Exxon Baytown, Texas, refinery resumes normal operations

ExxonMobil's 564,440 bpd Baytown, Texas, refinery resumed normal operations, company spokesperson Lauren Kight said, following a malfunction on a unit that triggered the plant's safety flare.

Phillips 66 plans to run refineries at mid-90% of combined capacity in Q3

Independent U.S. refiner Phillips 66 plans to run its refineries in the mid-90% range of their combined crude oil throughput capacity of 1.9 million bpd in the third quarter of 2023, Chief Financial Officer Kevin Mitchell said.

HFC detection using optical gas imaging increases safety/efficiency while reducing emissions

The use of optical gas imaging (OGI) cameras has benefited the oil and gas industry greatly by improving worker safety and plant efficiency while reducing emissions; however, the technology has yet to gain a similar foothold in the petrochemical industry, despite offering similar advantages.

The importance of operational readiness

Over the last 20 yr–30 yr, manufacturing facilities and project teams have spent significant time and money developing tools to navigate the issues of designing, procuring and building projects.