In a landmark move for UK refining, Hynamics UK (EDF Group) and Hy24, a leading low-carbon hydrogen fund, have signed an exclusive memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build a £300 ...

Refining globally faces one of its most volatile periods yet, as mounting policy headwinds, changing market demands, and the push for decarbonisation combine to reshape the sector. With demand for ...

A ground breaking academic study has introduced a transformative approach to long-term energy security: multi-year storage of synthetic liquid hydrocarbons. The research outlines how surplus renewable electricity can be converted ...

Africa’s largest refinery, the Dangote Petroleum Refinery, has achieved a major operational milestone, producing 70 million litres of refined fuel daily—a volume that exceeds Nigeria’s total daily consumption. This breakthrough ...

Canada’s major downstream player, Imperial Oil, has reported exceptional results in its third-quarter throughputs, with refinery utilisation reaching 98 % and total throughput volumes rising 9.3 % to 425 000 ...

The oil & gas sector is accelerating its downstream transformation, with a growing focus on low-carbon fuel production through co-processing of existing refinery units. According to a new report, companies ...

At the 19th OTL Africa Downstream Energy Week 2025 in Lagos, energy leaders and regulators called for deeper regional integration, policy harmony, and stronger infrastructure investment to accelerate sustainable growth ...

In the latest downstream shift, HF Sinclair Corporation revealed plans to expand its refined-product pipeline network across the Rocky Mountain region and the U.S. West Coast, in response to imminent ...

A Canadian facility operated by Parkland Corporation reported that it has expanded its co-processing of biobased feedstocks, taking advantage of upgraded refining units that allow blend-in of renewable inputs for ...

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) is facing operational constraints at its Mumbai refinery following the processing of high-salt crude oil, which has impacted key refining units and throughput efficiency. According ...

Bulgaria’s government is implementing robust oversight measures at the LUKOIL-owned Burgas refinery (190 000 barrels per day) following recent U.S. sanctions on Lukoil and Rosneft. Energy Minister Zhecho Stankov confirmed ...

Africa’s energy landscape is poised for transformation as the Dangote Refinery, the world’s largest single-train refining complex, announces a bold plan to upgrade and expand its refining capabilities. The Nigerian ...

Brazilian energy giant Petrobras has received regulatory clearance to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at its Duque de Caxias Refinery (REDUC), marking a major step in the company’s decarbonization and ...

A fire erupted late Monday at the AV3 processing unit of MOL Group’s Danube Refinery in Százhalombatta, Hungary, which processes about 165 000 barrels of crude per day—most of it Russian-sourced ...

Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan are exploring the creation of a major refined-product pipeline system designed to deliver fuel from Mid-continent refineries to the U.S. West Coast and Southwest. The ...

Africa’s largest oil refinery, the $20 billion Dangote Refinery in Nigeria, is facing significant challenges in ramping up gasoline production, delaying its much-anticipated contribution to regional fuel supplies. Sources familiar ...

ExxonMobil has awarded Worley a significant engineering and project management contract to execute major upgrades at its Baytown integrated complex in Texas, one of the largest refining and petrochemical facilities ...

In a significant setback for the UK energy services sector, Petrofac has announced that its sweeping financial restructuring will likely eliminate all shareholder value. Mounting cost pressures, delayed project payments, ...

BP’s Whiting Refinery in Indiana, one of the largest in the U.S. Midwest, has temporarily shut several units following a fire incident that caused visible flaring. According to energy consultancy ...

In a landmark agreement, China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has signed an MoU with the Gabonese government to build a new refinery in Port-Gentil aimed at reducing Gabon’s fuel ...

Repsol is set to strengthen its clean energy portfolio by constructing a state-of-the-art green hydrogen plant at its Cartagena refinery in Spain, marking a major step toward achieving carbon neutrality ...

Mexico’s state oil company Pemex has initiated a sweeping maintenance campaign at its Deer Park refinery in Texas, shutting down several key conversion units under a plan dubbed the “Big ...

In a significant boost to India’s downstream infrastructure, the Andhra Pradesh government has allotted 6,000 acres of land to Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL) for setting up a world-class greenfield ...

Germany unveiled a €6 billion industrial decarbonisation initiative designed to subsidize emissions reductions across energy-intensive industries and explicitly incorporate carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies for the first time in ...

The U.S. has postponed implementation of sanctions on Serbia’s Russian-linked oil company NIS by one week, extending the compliance deadline to October 15, 2025 and granting a temporary license for ...

Brazil’s state energy company Petrobras has signed contracts worth 9.6 billion reais (~US$1.81 billion) to undertake its Boaventura refining project, which includes building two new units targeting production of lubricants, ...

Delek US Holdings has initiated litigation against Marex Group and BTX Energy, alleging that a batch of contaminated crude—supplied via BTX’s terminal—caused at least $30 million in damage to one ...

Chevron is working to bring back online key processing units at its El Segundo refinery in Southern California following a fire that hit the jet fuel (ISOMAX) unit last week. ...

A substantial fire erupted in the jet fuel (Isomax 7) unit of Chevron’s 285,000 bpd El Segundo refinery, located near Los Angeles. The blaze was reported early today; fortunately, no ...

European oil refineries are accelerating investment in green energy projects to stay competitive amid tightening regulation and rising cleaner fuel demand. According to Reuters reporting, firms like Essar and PKN ...

In a significant step toward decarbonizing refining operations, Plug Power has delivered a large-scale electrolyzer system to Portugal’s Sines Refinery. The installation is designed to produce up to 15,000 tons ...

Senegal has announced plans to begin construction of a new refinery in 2026, with estimated costs between $2 and $5 billion. The project is led by the national refining company ...

ExxonMobil has signed a deal to divest its stake in Esso SAF and ExxonMobil Chemical France (EMCF) to North Atlantic France SAS, marking its full exit from French refining and ...

Singapore’s Aster Chemicals & Energy is committing US$125 million to upgrade its single buoy mooring (SBM) system and associated pipeline infrastructure near the Bukom refinery. The goal is to restore ...

ExxonMobil’s Singapore Resid Upgrade Project is progressing steadily, emphasizing modular construction to accelerate deployment and reduce on-site footprint. Several reactors stand over 50 meters tall, with modules transported from off-site ...

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has secured an initial US$10 million contract, as part of a larger ~$40 million award, to provide low-pressure wet gas scrubbing (WGS) technology for a major ...

A new academic study introduces reinforcement learning (RL) integrated with model decomposition to optimize full-scale refinery operations. The novel framework breaks down complex refinery workflows into manageable sub models, each ...

Italian energy major Eni has announced a new biorefinery conversion at its Sannazzaro de’ Burgondi complex to produce SAF (sustainable aviation fuel) and HVO diesel from waste and residue feedstocks. ...

Mexico’s Olmeca refinery in Tabasco, also known as Dos Bocas, has been awarded third place in the prestigious 2025 International Project Excellence Awards in Berlin. The recognition highlights the refinery’s ...

Russia is facing a fresh wave of fuel supply disruptions as several regional refineries remain offline, tightening gasoline and diesel availability. According to Crimea’s head, Sergey Aksyonov, multiple plants have ...

ExxonMobil has commissioned a new base stock production unit at its Singapore refinery, converting heavy residue into high-value lubricant base oils. This move marks a strategic shift toward value-added derivatives ...

India’s oil refiners are exporting gasoline and diesel at levels not seen in years, driven by higher crude throughput and increased ethanol blending ratios. Elevation in ethanol content—from 12% to ...

China’s state-owned Sinopec has broken ground on a large-scale upgrade of its Tahe refining and chemical complex in the Xinjiang region. The project seeks to raise crude refining capacity from ...

A hydrogen leak at a level transmitter caused a fire and explosion at HPCL’s Residue Upgradation Facility (RUF) in Visakhapatnam. The RUF unit, which employs LC Max technology to convert ...

China’s state-owned Sinopec has broken ground on a large-scale upgrade of its Tahe refining and chemical complex in the Xinjiang region. The project seeks to raise crude refining capacity from ...

Persistent drone attacks and facility damage in Russia have disrupted export flows of refined fuel products, prompting some refineries to prioritize domestic supply over international shipments. These outages and logistical ...

Serbia’s NIS oil company, predominantly owned by Russia’s Gazprom Neft and Gazprom, is seeking a seventh waiver from U.S. sanctions to protect its crude supply and avoid disruptions at its ...

Nayara Chairman: India Must Stockpile Chemicals, Not Just Crude, for Refining Security India’s refining resilience requires more than crude oil reserves, according to Prasad Panicker, Chairman of Nayara Energy. Speaking on ...

CountryMark’s refinery in southwestern Indiana is set to embrace a cleaner energy future with the adoption of Topsoe’s HydroFlex® technology. Currently processing 35,000 barrels of crude oil per day, the facility ...

A Texas refinery touted as a leader in sustainable aviation fuel is under scrutiny for sourcing animal fat linked to Amazon deforestation. Diamond Green Diesel, a joint venture between Darling ...

Indian private refiner Nayara Energy, majority-owned by Russian companies including oil giant Rosneft, is seeking government assistance to source essential refinery maintenance equipment amid tightening European Union sanctions, sources revealed. Nayara has approached the Centre ...

One of Russia’s largest oil refineries, the Kirishi facility in the Leningrad region, was hit by Ukrainian drones over the weekend, sparking a fire and highlighting the ongoing vulnerability of Moscow’s ...

Canada’s federal government is considering abandoning its planned cap on oil and gas emissions as part of a new climate policy, according to sources familiar with ongoing discussions. Talks between ...

Global oil production is set to reach 105.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2025, marking an increase of 2.7 million bpd, according to the latest forecast from the International Energy ...

Valero Energy Corp. has begun a significant maintenance program at its 180,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Memphis, Tennessee, with a focus on upgrading key gasoline-producing units, according to industry sources. The refinery’s ...

The global Hydrotreating Catalysts Market is entering a new growth phase, driven by technological innovation and rising demand for cleaner fuels. Valued at US$ 1.28 billion in 2023, the market is forecast to ...

Southeast Asia is rapidly positioning itself as a major biofuel exporter, with surplus production expected to flow into Europe, according to Petronas. Speaking at the APPEC conference in Singapore, Ahmad ...

Bapco Energies, Bahrain’s state-owned oil and gas company, is in the final stages of commissioning its Sitra refinery expansion, with operations expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2025. The upgrade ...

HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL) is set to boost the processing capacity of its Bathinda refinery in Punjab by December 2025. The refinery’s capacity will rise from the current 226,000 barrels ...

U.S. refinery-state senators are moving to block President Donald Trump from altering renewable fuel obligations that could shift costs from small refineries to larger ones. Led by Senator Mike Lee of ...

Phillips 66 has taken a bold step to strengthen its refining footprint, announcing the acquisition of Cenovus Energy’s remaining 50% stake in WRB Refining for $1.4 billion. The deal grants Phillips 66 full ...

On September 1, 2025, Angola marked a historic milestone with the inauguration of the Cabinda Oil Refinery by President João Lourenço. Built with an investment of US$473 million, the project is ...

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, the world’s largest single-train facility with a capacity of 650,000 barrels per day, has temporarily shut down a key gasoline-producing unit following technical issues. According to industry sources, the 204,000 ...

A UK court has frozen £150 million worth of assets belonging to Winston Soosaipillai, also known as Sanjeev Kumar, the owner of the collapsed Prax Lindsey oil refinery. The move follows the refinery’s ...

Irving Oil has announced that its 320,000-barrel-per-day Saint John refinery in New Brunswick will undergo its annual turnaround later this month. The 30-day project, valued at nearly $40 million, will focus on infrastructure ...

Kiloton Hydraulics Pneumatics Tools & Abrasives, an authorised distributor of Enerpac, Bosch, AME, HEMS and Ridgid, is helping South Africa’s refining sector cut downtime and improve safety during maintenance and ...