Refining
China oil imports fall from a year ago for fifth month, newest refinery starts up
China's oil imports fell in September by 0.6% from a year earlier, as plants curbed purchases because of weak domestic fuel demand and narrowing export margins.
Update: Hours-long toxic gas leak at Pemex oil refinery near Houston far exceeded legal limit
Pemex's Deer Park oil refinery near Houston discharged 43,500 pounds (lb) of highly toxic hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas over more than seven hours in a deadly incident earlier this week.
Orlen's Lithuanian Mazeikiai oil refinery undergoing October maintenance
Orlen's Mazeikiai oil refinery in Lithuania is undergoing October maintenance works on several of its units.
Digital Feature: Delivering the next-generation workforce by harnessing AI to propel chemical engineering into the future
This article details the strategy behind a proprietary AI platform that empowers chemical industry SMEs like process operations, controls, engineering, and economics – a workforce that may not have traditional programming skills – to work with cutting edge AI algorithms.
Investigation launched into fatal Texas oil refinery leak
An investigation is underway into the fatal chemical leak at a Houston, Texas area oil refinery owned by Mexico's state oil firm Pemex.
Nigeria ends state oil firm's role as Dangote refinery's sole buyer
Nigeria's local fuel traders can now buy petrol directly from the Dangote oil refinery, ending state-oil firm NNPC's exclusive buying rights as the country moves to fully deregulate its processing sector.
Russia's largest oil refinery lifts 9-month crude processing by 4%
The Omsk oil refinery, Russia's largest by production volumes, increased crude processing by 4% year-on-year in the January to September period thanks to a modernization of its facilities.
Widely used engineering symbols and drawings Standard ISA-5.1 updated by ISA
The International Society of Automation (ISA) — the leading professional society for automation — has published a new update of its most widely used standard, the internationally recognized ANSI/ISA-5.1, “Instrumentation and Control Symbols and Identification.”
Pemex says two workers dead, dozens injured from leak at oil refinery in Texas
Two people were believed to have died and dozens injured after a chemical release at Pemex's 312,500-bpd Deer Park oil refinery in Texas, the Mexican national oil company said.
Nextchem (Maire) awarded licensing/process design package for H2 unit in Vietnam
Nextchem (Maire) awarded licensing and process design package to upgrade BSR's hydrogen production unit in Vietnam, based on its proprietary NX Reform technology.
- Nigeria signs deal to supply gas to proposed $3.5-B petrochemical plant 10/14
- China oil imports fall from a year ago for fifth month, newest refinery starts up 10/14
- Update: Hours-long toxic gas leak at Pemex oil refinery near Houston far exceeded legal limit 10/14
- Orlen's Lithuanian Mazeikiai oil refinery undergoing October maintenance 10/14
- Singapore marine fuel sales down for second month in Sept., though biofuels climb 10/14
- Digital Feature: Delivering the next-generation workforce by harnessing AI to propel chemical engineering into the future 10/11