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    • Photo from Petróleo Brasileiro SA.
    Petrobras' REPLAN refinery.
    Optimization

    Petrobras approves installation of renewable energy plants at three refineries

    April 26, 2024
    Petrobras is moving forward with installation of solar photovoltaic plants at three of its Brazilian refineries as part of the company’s ongoing program to achieve net-zero emissions...

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    Photo from Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras).
    Refinaria de Capuava (RECAP) in Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil.
    Photo from Petróleo Brasileiro SA.
    Petrobras' LUBNOR refinery in Brazil.
    Photo from ExxonMobil Corp.
    ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge operations.
    Photo from Orlen Unipetrol SA.
    Orlen Unipetrol Kralupy refinery.
    Photo from Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC.
    Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend LLC refinery.

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    Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. Gujarat refinery, India.
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    ExxonMobil has undertaken site works for construction of a proposed low-carbon hydrogen production plant and CCS plant at its 561,000-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Baytown, Tex., along the Houston Ship Channel (Fig. 1).
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    Vertex Energy's Mobile refinery.
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    Parkland Burnaby refinery begins 2023 turnaround

    Feb. 1, 2023
    Calgary-based Parkland Corp. has started a previously scheduled planned maintenance turnaround at subsidiary Parkland Refining (B.C.) Ltd.’s 55,000-b/d refinery on Burrard Inlet...
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    Saudi Aramco Riyadh refinery.
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    Aramco lets contract for Riyadh refinery modernization

    Jan. 24, 2023
    Saudi Aramco has let a contract to Technip Energies to modernize sulfur recovery operations at its 130,000-b/d Riyadh refinery in central Saudi Arabia.
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    ExxonMobil Singapore Integrated Manufacturing Complex.
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    ExxonMobil advances upgrading works at Singapore integrated complex

    June 22, 2022
    ExxonMobil is targeting startup of its upgrading project to convert fuel oil and other bottom-of-the-barrel crude products into higher-value lube base stocks and distillates at...
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    Ecuador seeks strategic partner for Esmeraldas refinery upgrade

    June 14, 2022
    Ecuador’s state-owned Petroecuador is seeking proposals from companies interested in becoming a strategic partner in the rehabilitation, modernization, and integral operation ...
    Photo from Polski Koncern Naftowy SA (PKN ORLEN).
    Pkn Orlen Plock Olefins Project
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    Plock Olefins 3 complex to feature enhanced automation, efficiency controls

    June 1, 2022
    PKN ORLEN let a contract for automation and safety systems to improve production, energy, and environmental efficiency at the proposed Olefins 3 complex to be built as part of...