SAMUEL FENWICK

Markets

Coryton refinery to close: US$1bn funding requirement proves too much

220,000bpd refinery in Essex to close; joint administrators blame high funding requirement, current economic climate.

GTForum key 28 May 2012

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Research team predictions based on expected pipeline infrastructure growth. Analysts also predict US crude demand/domestic supply gap to drop...

GTForum key 25 May 2012

GTForum attended the 12th World XTL Summit and provides a summary of the event’s highlights, with an emphasis on the latest technologies.

GTForum key 25 May 2012

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Sumitomo Chemical and Saudi Aramco give green light to Rabigh Phase II

Project aims to expand ethylene cracker and construct a new aromatics complex at the Rabigh integrated refinery/petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia.

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XTL

Microchannel Fischer-Tropsch reactor starts up under commercial conditions

Successful start-up achieved >25bpd from commercial-scale microchannel FT reactor.

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Environment

DOJ/EPA: BP to invest US$400m in pollution controls, pay US$8m penalty

BP North America to pay US$8 million penalty due to violations of the Clean Air Act and a 2001 EPA Petroleum Refinery Initiative consent decree.

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Petrochem

Reliance Industries selects Phillips 66’s gasifier technology

Technology to be used at planned gasification plants at Reliance’s Jamnagar refinery.

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Energy Efficiency

Tupras energy efficiency programme: Izmit refinery 2011

Erhan Oğuş, Çağrı Savaşan, and Murat Kolbaşı of Tüpraş describe the company's recent efforts to boost energy efficiency at its İzmit refinery....

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Catalysts & Additives

New study highlights importance of water in hydrogenation reactions

Research provides new insight into hydrogen diffusion across metal oxides, through the use of scanning tunnelling microscopes.

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Markets

Imperial Oil considers divestment or closure of its Dartmouth refinery

Future of 88,000bpd Canadian refinery now in doubt, as Imperial announces plans to market it and related assets to potential buyers.

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