MAINTENANCE & RELIABILITY

Release

Neste Oil’s Naantali refinery starts major maintenance turnaround

Refinery to go offline until June, work to cost around €60 million, will take ~360,000 man-hours.

GTForum key 17 Apr 2012

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Concluding our coverage of the ARTC 15th Annual Meeting, GTForm takes a look at the petrochemical and operability and reliabilty streams.

GTForum key 02 Apr 2012

The ARTC 15th Annual Meeting is one of the most anticipated events for the Asian refining industry. GTForum provides some of the highlights from...

GTForum key 27 Mar 2012

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Release

Valero reports 4Q11 income of US$45m

Operating income down US$211 million on year; throughput up 523,000bpd on year.

TNK-BP's Saratov Oil Refinery - Russia
Release

TNK-BP to invest US$58m in Saratov refinery upgrade

Investments aimed at improving oil product quality, ensuring compliance with technical regulations.

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News

Valero releases 3Q11 results, new maintenance/turnaround schedule

Net income up US$0.9 billion on year; St. Charles crude unit and coker to be offline for 10 weeks in February 2012.

LPG tanks at Chevron's El Segundo refinery
News

LPG shortage in South Africa due to refinery shutdowns

180,000bpd SAPREF refinery soon to resume production

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News

Reliance Industries to shut two units at its SEZ refinery for planned maintenance

Both refineries at the Jamnagar complex to continue to operate at full capacity; shutdowns expected to last for approximately four weeks.

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Release

Permasense and CECC form a strategic partnership in China

Collaboration allows Permasense to market its continuous corrosion monitoring system to Chinese refiners.

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White paper

New tool helps refiners detect incompatible feedstocks

Thomas Falker and Corina Sandu explain how the Asphaltene Stability Index Test can help improve crude blending and stability.

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