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Holcim, IGNIS P2X and Exolum present ECO2FLY: a pioneering project for the decarbonization of the construction materials and air transport industries
Pacific Future Energy officially cancels refinery project in British ...
Feb 13, 2025 · Pacific Future Energy has officially cancelled its proposal to build a refinery on the West Coast of Canada aimed at exporting refined petroleum products to Asia. The project was designed to transport bitumen from Alberta’s oil sands to a refinery in northwestern British Columbia where the crude would be processed into products like diesel, gasoline and jet fuel for export. CEO Samer Salameh ...
EIA: Refinery closures and rising consumption will reduce U.S ...
Mar 5, 2025 · In 2026, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecast that inventories of the three largest transportation fuels in the U.S.—motor gasoline, distillate fuel oil and jet fuel—will fall to their lowest levels since 2000 in its February Short-Term Energy Outlook.
Shell is considering selling off chemical assets in Europe and the U.S.
Mar 4, 2025 · Shell is considering a potential sale of its chemicals assets in Europe and the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The energy group has hired Morgan Stanley to conduct a strategic review of …
Sipchem, LyondellBasell collaborate on feasibility for a world-scale ...
Feb 27, 2025 · Sipchem and LyondellBasell have been awarded a feedstock allocation from the Ministry of Energy of Saudi Arabia supporting a joint feasibility study for a world-scale mixed feed cracker complex combined with a diversified derivative portfolio.
Hydrocarbon Processing - Refining, Petrochemical, Gas Processing …
The author’s company’s new sub-dewpoint sulfur recovery with interstage membrane (SSRIM) technology is a breakthrough for the sulfur recovery industry, as it is the first technology capable of achieving an overall recovery efficiency of > 99.9% without requiring a tail gas treating unit. This article discusses the basic SSRIM configuration and its …
S-Oil's $7-B Shaheen petrochemical complex is on track for 1H …
Feb 17, 2025 · S-Oil's $7-B Shaheen petrochemical project in Ulsan, South Korea, is progressing and is expected to be completed by the first half of 2026.
Lyondell begins shuttering Houston refinery (U.S.) for permanent …
Jan 29, 2025 · Chemicals maker LyondellBasell Industries began shuttering its 263,776-bpd Houston refinery on Monday for permanent closure. The shutdown is expected to be completed by early February.
KT-Kinetics Technology, NEXTCHEM awarded contracts for …
Jan 14, 2025 · KT-Kinetics technology will deliver on engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) basis the hydrogen production unit (HPU) which is expected to be operational by the second half of 2028. It will be able to supply up to 38,000 normal metric cubes per hour of hydrogen for the production of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) and Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (HVO) NEXTCHEM will ...
Lyondell completes shutdown of Houston refinery
Feb 10, 2025 · Lyondell Basell Industries has completed the final shutdown of its 263,776-bpd Houston, Texas (U.S.) refinery, people familiar with plant operations said on Friday. Lyondell began the previously announced shutdown of the refinery on January 27. Lyondell, in an emailed statement on Friday night, declined to discuss the status of the refinery. Some units at the refinery are on warm circulation ...