Refining
Angola's Sonangol seeks $4.8 B to bridge Lobito refinery funding gap
Angola's Sonangol is in talks with Chinese and European banks to overcome a $4.8-B funding shortfall for its planned 200,000-bpd Lobito refinery.
Seeq announces launch of Seeq for CONNECT
Seeq, a global leader in industrial analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and enterprise monitoring, has launched its latest software product, Seeq for CONNECT, featuring seamless integration with AVEVA’s industrial intelligence platform CONNECT.
bp halts plans to make clean jet fuel at Spain plant
bp has decided to halt plans to produce clean jet fuel at its Castellon oil refinery in Spain. The decision to pause the biofuel investment was driven by weaker-than-anticipated growth in the market.
Suncor reports planned equipment shutdown at Montreal refinery
Suncor is conducting planned equipment shutdowns for maintenance works starting April 8, 2025. Maintenance works are scheduled to last approximately 5 weeks at the Montreal refinery.
Towngas to supply green methanol to Golden Island for Singapore bunkering operations
The Hong Kong and China Gas Co. Ltd. (Towngas), a leading provider of ISCC-certified green methanol, has announced that Singapore-based bunker supplier Golden Island Pte. Ltd. will be procuring Towngas’s green methanol for its bunkering operations in Singapore, marking a significant expansion of Towngas’s green methanol supply network across Asia.
Technip Energies awarded contract for Blue Point Number One ATR, the world's largest low-carbon ammonia production facility
Technip Energies has been awarded a major(1) contract by Blue Point Number One, a joint venture between CF Industries, JERA and MITSUI & CO, for the Blue Point Number One ATR Project in Donaldsonville, Louisiana (U.S.). This project aims to deliver the world's largest low-carbon ammonia plant with a capacity of approximately 1.4 metric MMtpy.
AIQ and Gulf Energy Information collaborate to further enrich ENERGYai with industry intelligence
Gulf Energy to provide AIQ with exclusive access to its proprietary datasets, and industry-leading documents. ENERGYai is already trained on petabytes of operational data from ADNOC, and this agreement will provide the solution with access to even greater quantities of relevant, high-quality industry information.
IRPC extends abstracts deadline following strong industry interest
Hydrocarbon Processing has announced a two-week extension to the Call for Abstracts for the International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) 2025, in response to strong industry interest. The new submission deadline is Monday, April 21, 2025.
BDI signs contract with Ghent Renewables for the construction of a new biofuel feedstock pre-treatment plant
In Austria, BDI-BioEnergy International has signed a contract with Ghent Renewables BV to begin the construction of a pioneering biofuel feedstock refinery plant. This facility will be unique in its approach, integrating advanced technologies for the refining of feedstock for sustainable fuels.
India not to raise petrol, diesel retail prices despite tax hike
India on Monday raised excise duty on petrol and diesel without passing on higher costs to consumers, a move that would boost the government's tax collection amid falling global oil prices.
- ITT to acquire SPX Flow for > $4.77 B, expanding leadership in highly engineered components and adjacent flow technologies 12/5
- MOL Group introduces eco-friendly Bag-in-Box packaging for lubricants 12/5
- Addis Energy secures $8.3 MM to scale its transformative approach to low-cost ammonia production 12/5
- World Fuel Services supplies cruise line with waste-based biofuels 12/5
- Chevron announced $18 B-$19-B CAPEX budget for 2026 12/5
- Russia and India sign deal to build urea plant in Russia 12/5
