Volume 119, Issue 2a

Feb. 8, 2021 | Repsol SA has produced the first batch of biofuel for the aviation industry at its 186,000-b/d Tarragona integrated refining and petrochemicals complex along northeastern Spain’s Costa Daurada of the Mediterranean Sea. Produced from a feedstock of unidentified biomass, Tarragona’s first 10,000-tonne batch has a biocontent of less than 5%. Photo from Repsol SA.

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Feb. 8, 2021

GENERAL INTEREST Quick Takes BP to sell interest in Oman Block 61 BP PLC agreed to sell a 20% participating interest in central Oman Block 61 to Thailand’s PTT Exploration and...

General Interest

Dakota Access operations can continue but studies needed

Feb. 8, 2021

A federal appeals court has ruled the US Army Corps of Engineers must complete more environmental analyses for the Dakota Access crude oil pipeline but does not have to shut down...

General Interest

DNV GL: Industry plans increase in renewable, LNG investments

Feb. 8, 2021

A record two-thirds (66%) of senior oil and gas professionals report that their organization is actively adapting to a less carbon-intensive energy mix in 2021, up from just 44...

General Interest

Biden orders indefinite moratorium on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands

Feb. 8, 2021

President Biden issued an executive order Jan. 27 that mandates a “pause” on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands, onshore and offshore, “to the extent consistent with applicable...

General Interest

Court overturns Trump administration’s Clean Power Plan replacement

Feb. 8, 2021

A federal appeals court overturned the Trump administration’s regulatory replacement for the Clean Power Plan, an Obama administration rulemaking that set standards tough enough...

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Diamond Green Diesel Holdings is building a grassroots renewable diesel plant at Valero’s refinery in Port Arthur, Tex.

General Interest

Diamond Green Diesel to build new Port Arthur plant

Feb. 8, 2021

Diamond Green Diesel Holdings LLC (DGD)—a 50-50 joint venture of Valero Energy Corp. and Darling Ingredients Inc.—is building a grassroots 470-million gal/year renewable diesel...

General Interest

WoodMac: Three themes impacting oil markets, refining in 2021

Feb. 8, 2021

Balancing oil markets and the refining sector in 2021 hinges upon OPEC+ production, COVID-19 developments, and the energy transition, according to Wood Mackenzie. Following 2020...

General Interest

CVR Energy lets contract for Wynnewood refinery renewables project

Feb. 8, 2021

CVR Energy Inc. has let a contract to Haldor Topsoe AS to provide process technology for the operator’s previously announced renewable diesel production project at subsidiary ...