Photo from Cnergyico Pk Ltd.
Cnergyico Pk Ltd. Baluchistan refinery in Pakistan.
Operations

Pakistan’s Cnergyico suspends operation of Baluchistan refinery

May 16, 2024
Cnergyico Pk Ltd. has halted production activities amid an oversupply of finished-product stocks at its dual-complex refinery at Mouza Kund, in the Lasbela coastal district of...

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Artistic rendering from DGF.
DGF's 3,000-acre site selection in St. James Parish, La. (Fig. 1).
Photo from Neste.
Neste’s Singapore RD refinery (Fig. 2).
Photo from Vertex Energy Inc. February 2024 investor presentation.
Vertex Energy Alabama refinery.
Espen Rønnevik / Roar Lindefjeld / ©Equinor.
Mongstad refinery on the west coast of Norway near Bergen.
Photo from Sonangol EP.
Sonangol Luanda refinery.
Construction

Sonangol lets contract for Lobito refinery project

March 18, 2024
Angola’s state-owned Sonangol EP has let a contract to KBR Inc. to provide project management services for the design and construction of the operator’s long-planned proposal ...
Photo from ExxonMobil Corp .
Esso SA Francaise's integrated Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon refining platform in Normandy, France.
Operations

ExxonMobil investigating fire at Gravenchon refinery

March 12, 2024
ExxonMobil Corp.’s majority held Esso SA Francaise (SAF) has yet to determine the cause of a fire that broke out on Mar. 11 at the operator’s integrated 231,800 b/d Notre-Dame...
Photo from Equinor | Espen Rønnevik.
Equinor Refining AS’ 226,000-b/d refinery at Mongstad, on Norway’s western coast.
Energy Transition

Equinor proposes conversion of Mongstad refinery into low-carbon hub

Feb. 14, 2024
Equinor has let a contract to Aker Solutions to execute a study for the proposed transformation of Equinor Refining's 226,000-b/d refinery at Mongstad into a low-carbon industrial...
Photo from Shanghai Hoto Engineering Inc.
Refining

Chinese investor starts operations at new refinery in Ghana

Jan. 31, 2024
Sentuo Oil Refinery Ltd. has commissioned the first phase of it two-phase grassroots refinery still under construction in the Heavy Industrial Area of Tema, Greater Accra Region...
Companies

Marathon Petroleum posts lower Q4 net income on reduced refining margins

Jan. 30, 2024
Marathon reported net income of $1.5 billion for fourth-quarter 2023, compared with net income of $3.3 billion for fourth-quarter 2022. The decrease in net income and adjusted...