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3 weeks ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
OMV Petrom completes planned maintenance at Petrobrazi refineryAlongside replacing catalysts and various equipment and components during the planned shutdown period, the operator executed routine maintenance works and regular inspections of equipment to ensure installations continue to operate safely, efficiently, and in accordance with environmental safety standards. Photo from OMV Petrom SA.
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4 weeks ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
Operator expands Texas Permian sour gas treating, gathering infrastructureCompleted as of May 29, the Phase 2 expansion included increasing capacity of the Mongoose amine treatment plant in Westbrook, Mitchell County, Tex., by 53 MMcfd from its Phase 1 capacity of 17 MMcfd. Photo from Tejon Treating and Carbon Solutions LLC. Capacity of the Mongoose amine treatment plant in Westbrook, Mitchell County, Tex., has been increased by 53 MMcfd from 17 MMcfd.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
Petrobras starts up new production unit at REPLAN refineryEntered into operation on May 27, the new diesel hydrotreating unit is equipped to produce 63,000 b/d of low-sulfur S-10 diesel, preparing the refinery for the complete phase out of S-500 diesel.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
Petronor’s Múskiz refinery begins major turnaround eventThe $99.6-million turnaround of the refinery’s crude distillation Plant 1 involves the shutdown of 14 units at which more than 393 pieces of equipment will be opened, cleaned, inspected, and reconditioned to ensure optimal operating conditions. Photo from Petróleos del Norte SA.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
The government of Mozambique has entered two strategic agreements that, if finalized, would result in construction of the country’s first crude oil refinery, as well as a grassroots pipeline for delivery of petroleum-based products from the southeast African coastal republic to neighboring Zambia.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
PetroChina Dagang refinery’s Ionikylation unit reaches operational milestoneCommissioned in mid-August 2022, the 150,000-tpy CIL unit—which produces high-octane alkylate with a RON of 98 to ensure the site’s production of gasoline meets China’s National VI emission standard—reached the operating milestone as of May 12,Photo from Well Resources Inc.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
Photo from Esso Societe Anonyme Francaise. Esso Societe Anonyme Francaise has restarted operations following scheduled maintenance at Esso Raffinage SAS’ 12-million tpy Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon refinery in Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine, Normandy, in northern France. Esso Societe Anonyme Francaise (SAF)—a majority owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corp.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
CPChem inks deal to shed Singapore petrochemical complexThe Chevron Phillips Chemical joint venture and partners plan to sell CPSC, which operates a 400,000-tpy high-density polyethylene complex, to Aster Chemicals and Energy Pte. Ltd. Photos from Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC. CPChem and partners have entered a deal to sell jointly owned Chevron Phillips Singapore Chemicals Pte. Ltd. which operates a 400,000-tpy high-density polyethylene complex on Singapore’s Jurong Island.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
Petrobras doubles processing capacity of Route 3 gas plantOn May 4, Petrobras began commercially operating the complex’s second 10.5-million cu m/day processing train, bringing the Boaventura UPGN’s overall processing capacity of natural gas from the Santos basin presalt cluster to 21 million cu m/day. Photo from Petróleo Brasileiro SA.
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1 month ago | 
ogj.com | Robert Brelsford
Petroineos Refining Ltd. (PRL) has permanently ended conventional processing activities at Petroineos Manufacturing Scotland Ltd.’s 150,000-b/d Grangemouth refinery complex on the Firth of Forth in Scotland (OGJ Online, Sept. 13, 2024). As of Apr. 28, Grangemouth refinery was no longer processing crude oil, PRL confirmed to OGJ in an e-mailed statement.
