Refining
Mexico's Pemex struggles to boost oil refining in Aug as fuel imports rise
Crude oil processing at Mexico's six local refineries rose slightly in August, data from state-owned oil company Pemex showed, but the facilities are operating at barely half their capacity, forcing the country to import large volumes of fuel.
Técnicas Reunidas and Sinopec Engineering Group sign a Strategic Alliance Cooperation Agreement
Técnicas Reunidas, S.A. and Sinopec Engineering Group Co. Ltd. have signed in Beijing a Strategic Alliance Cooperation Agreement for the joint execution of Refining, Petrochemicals, Natural Gas and Transition Projects worldwide.
China refiner Shenghong in preliminary deal with Saudi Aramco for equity investment
China's privately controlled Jiangsu Eastern Shenghong Co Ltd said it had entered a preliminary deal with Saudi Aramco for the Middle Eastern oil major to become a minority stakeholder in its refining and petrochemical unit.
Fire at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi refinery put out, production, exports unaffected
Firefighters managed to put out a fire at Kuwait's Mina Al Ahmadi oil refinery with no injuries, a state news agency said, adding that production and exports were unaffected.
Gas leak causes explosion in Iran's Bandar Abbas refinery
An explosion was reported at Iran's southern refinery of Bandar Abbas following a gas leak.
Biden's IRA drives surge in U.S. imports of Chinese used cooking oil for biodiesel and SAF
Used cooking oil can be refined into fuels such as biodiesel and SAF, which can be blended with conventional fuels to reduce carbon emissions.
Vietnam's Nghi Son refinery to restart some units from Oct 7-9 after maintenance
Vietnam's largest oil refinery will restart some of its units from Oct 7-9 after it was shut down late last month for maintenance.
Shell likely to restart Pernis refinery unit by Sept. 25
Shell is tentatively expected to restart a hydrocracking unit at Europe's biggest oil refinery in the Netherlands by Sept. 25 after a leak forced its shutdown on Tuesday, traders said, citing a report from industry monitor IIR.
Europe's refinery output rises 1% m/m in August
European oil refinery output in August rose by 1% from the previous month to 9.73 million bpd.
Galp's Sines refinery to shut down for two months
Portugal's 226,000-barrels-per-day Sines refinery, owned by Galp Energia , will shut down for two months between October and November for planned maintenance.
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