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    • Photo from Orlen Unipetrol RPA SRO.
    Orlen Unipetrol RPA SRO Chempark Záluž, Czech Republic.
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    Bomb discovery shutters Orlen Unipetrol’s Czech integrated refining complex

    Aug. 23, 2024
    Orlen Unipetrol suspended activities at its refining and petrochemical complex in Litvínov following discovery of an unexploded bomb from World War II.

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    Vertex Energy’s Mobile refinery begins renewable diesel production

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    KazMunayGas executing repairs at Atyrau refinery

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    Cenovus Energy reduces downstream throughput guidance

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