Iraq reopens it’s refinery to cut imports

Iraq reopened on Friday what was once the country’s largest oil refinery, a step the government hopes will lead to an end to its dependence on fuel imports. The North Refinery in the city of Baiji, 200 kilometres (124 miles) north of Baghdad, was heavily damaged in some of the fiercest battles with the Islamic

bp commences transition with Kwinana refinery

The former Kwinana oil refinery will be the core of a multi-billion-dollar energy transition plan by BP in Australia.The British oil and gas company’s commitment to the construction of a plant to make renewable diesel and aviation fuel at the site near Fremantle, Western Australia, is due to kick off in earnest next year.BP’s former

HPCL’s Rajasthan refinery to start operations by Jan 2025

Public sector refiner and fuel retailer Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) plans to start commercial production of fuels at the country’s newest refinery in Rajasthan’s Barmer by January 2025. The refinery-cum-petrochemicals complex, being built at a cost of nearly Rs 73,000 crore, will have a crude processing capacity of 9 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) and

Indian refiners seeking to boost Saudi crude oil imports

Two Indian state refiners are seeking to boost imports of Saudi crude oil after the kingdom cut the official selling price of its key export grade for February to the lowest in 27 months, company sources said. Indian Oil Corp, the country’s top refiner, and Bharat Petroleum Corp, are looking at lifting an additional 1

Neste’s Porvoo refinery to be gradually transformed into renewable hub

Neste launched the strategic study in September 2022 with an aim to significantly grow its renewables and circular production in Porvoo long term, starting with the co-processing of both renewable and circular feedstock which could lead to retrofits of existing units at a later stage, with a long-term capacity potential of 2 to 4 million

HPCL to set up 2G bio-refinery plant worth Rs 1,400 cr

The 2G bio-refinery is designed for the utilisation of paddy straw for the production of ethanol for blending with petrol under the Ethanol Blending Program of the Central Government As a way to tackle the problem of stubble burning in the state, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has decided to set up a Second Generation

MRPL becomes largest single location refinery in India

The Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a mini-Ratna CPSE PSU refinery based in coastal Karnataka and a subsidiary of ONGC, has become the single largest PSU-refinery (single location) in the country for the year 2022-23. MRPL achieved this feat by processing 17.14 million metric tonnes of crude oil during the past financial year. This

India likely to achieve one million barrel refining capacity

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) is carrying out expansion plans at Bhatinda and Vizag as well as the greenfield refinery at Barmer, which are expected to be completed in FY24.

Livista refinery to use recycled material to reduce emissions

This is enough to supply the battery needs of around 850,000 electric vehicles (EV), with the potential to double production capacity to meet growing EV demand and requirements for high-grade, locally refined lithium chemicals, according to Livista.

LOHC by Honeywell offers hydrogen storage and transport solution

One proposed solution is the use of liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) technologies, wherein hydrogen is chemically combined into a liquid carrier for easier transport and storage, but LOHC requires reactors and other equipment that can be complex and expensive to set up.