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Refining

Nigeria’s NNPCL restarts Port Harcourt refinery

Nov. 27, 2024
Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has completed rehabilitation and restarted processing and production activities for Port Harcourt Refining Co. Ltd.’s 60,000-b/sd hydroskimming...

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Petrobras REDUC refinery.
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Petrobras increases refinery production, processing in third-quarter 2024

Oct. 8, 2024
By end-September 2024, Petrobras’s refineries reached an overall utilization rate of 96.8%, representing the highest monthly rate of the year to date.
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In June 2024, Delek completed installation of a new digital twin at its 80,000-b/d refinery in El Dorado, Ark. (Fig. 1).
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Digital twin improves turnaround planning, execution at Delek’s El Dorado refinery

Oct. 8, 2024
Delek recently completed implementation of a digital twin to optimize the planning and execution of scheduled maintenance shutdown, turnaround, and outage events at the operator...
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Indian Oil Corp. refinery in Paradip, Odisha, India.
Optimization

Indian Oil taps Univation for major unit at Paradip petrochemical project

Sept. 17, 2024
Indian Oil Corp. let a contract to Univation Technologies for licensing of a major downstream derivatives unit at IOC’s proposed petrochemical complex to be built nearby and integrated...
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 bp’s 104,500-b/d refinery in Castellón, Spain.
Construction

bp partnering for green hydrogen project at Castellón refinery

Sept. 12, 2024
bp Energía España and Iberdrola España formed a 50-50 joint venture and have taken final investment decision to build a plant for production of green hydrogen at bp’s refinery...
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Eni SPA Livorno refinery, Italy.
Construction

Eni awaits final regulatory approvals for Livorno biorefinery project

Sept. 10, 2024
Eni is ready to begin construction pending remaining approvals on the proposed project to convert an idled conventional crude oil refinery in Livorno, Tuscany, into the country...