Refining

S&B receives AFPM Contractor Safety Achievement Award

This year, AFPM recognized 231 contractors for advancing industry safety performance.

Asian refiners see little room for Iranian oil, leaving China as key buyer after U.S. waiver

Hit by supply disruptions due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz since March, Asian refiners have been aggressively buying oil from the U.S., Russia, Africa and Latin America.

Viva Energy to restart Geelong refinery this week, alkylation unit offline

Viva said work at a key processing unit of the refinery, the Residue Catalytic Cracking Unit (RCCU), was completed and that operations will resume this week at over 90% of normal capacity, more than two months after the unit was shut down due to a fire.

Brazil's Petrobras approves $1.2 billion investment for renewable fuels plant

Asia has plenty of crude oil, but refined fuels remain tight

The world's top energy-consuming region is expected to import about 22.18 MMbpd of crude in June, up from 20.35 MMbpd in May.

Fire extinguished at Marathon's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas (U.S.)

The fire broke out in a furnace of the Green Power 2 generating station.

El Nino, expanding ethanol use squeeze India sugar supply

At the same time, India is pushing for higher ethanol blending with petrol and wider adoption of flex-fuel vehicles to cut dependence on expensive imported crude.

China's May refined oil exports rise from April under restrictions, Australia receives agreed volume

China's May gasoline, diesel and jet fuel exports rose from April to major destinations in Southeast and South Asia, but were still significantly less than a year earlier due to export restrictions imposed over the Iran war to safeguard domestic supply.

How ASTM approval of methanol-to-jet accelerates SAF at scale

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.