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Refining

Eni sells Slovenian downstream business to MOL

MOL signed an agreement with Eni relating to the acquisition of Eni’s entire retail network and wholesale activities in Slovenia. Investment terms were not disclosed.

SOCAR looks to buy stakes in Egyptian refineries

"We would like to widen our activities in Egypt, particularly to buy stakes in refineries there and participate in Egypt's oil refining," SOCAR's president Rovnag Abdullayev told reporters.

Honeywell to supply technology, automation for Iraq’s new Karbala refinery

The grassroots refinery will use leading refining processes from UOP and automation controls from Honeywell Process Solutions (HPS) to allow the Karbala refinery to maximize production.

DuPont, Blasch form global refining partnership on sulfur recovery technology

The suite of products that will be represented will begin with HexPro ceramic boiler ferrules and VectorWall reaction furnace internals for the sulfur recovery industry, with more products to be added.

Shell opens new lube blending plant in Indonesia

The plant will produce Shell’s leading lubricants brands like Shell Helix (passenger car motor oil), Shell Advance (motorcycle oil), Shell Rimula (heavy duty engine oil) and Shell Spirax (transmission oil).

Total secures €400MM upgrade to Donges refinery

“With the agreement, we confirm our plan to invest €400 million in the upgrade and expand the facility’s gasoline production capacity for the European market," said Total's president.

Honeywell to modernize operations at Refining NZ

Building on a relationship of over 25 years, New Zealand's Refining NZ selected Honeywell to provide full lifecycle maintenance for the refinery’s control systems, as well as to migrate the refinery to the most recent process control technology, Honeywell’s Experion PKS.

KBR forms technology alliance with RRT Global on isomerization in refining

"This agreement is a great opportunity for KBR to license isomerization technology in addition to our other refining technologies," said John Derbyshire, president of technology at KBR.

Exxon to expand Rotterdam refinery hydrocracker

An ExxonMobil spokesman said the investment would be at least $1 billion, and the company would add 600 workers to the 650 currently at the refinery during a three-year construction phase.

Effectively track personnel in hazardous environments

Tata Consultancy Services: Sur, S.

This article describes the strengths and weaknesses of various tracking technologies and their efficacy in a metallic equipment environment.