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DME: Making progress

Dimethyl ether is showing promise as an alternative fuel. GTForum investigates.

GTForum key 15 May 2012

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Agency notes that around 5.9mbpd of global refining capacity would have to be retired to bring utilisation rates back to the levels seen in 2006–2008....

GTForum key 11 May 2012

Rising US ethane production is fuelling expectations that Middle Eastern producers might soon be fighting to preserve their hold on the European...

GTForum key 08 Mar 2012

Neste Oil Control Room
Company Data

Neste Oil: 2011 profit drop despite higher margins, lower investment

Renewable fuel operations still loss-making; company expects significant improvement in 2012, has completed its "major investment programme".

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Refining

Bapco: European market growing in importance

Dawood Nassif, of Bapco, discusses recent progress at the firm, such as the commissioning of its base oil plant, investment programmes and key export markets.

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Markets

Refinery margins improving, fuel oil gaining strength from Asian demand – StanChart

Standard Chartered expects 4% growth in global passenger air travel, sees resilience for fuel oil and gas oil in the near term, cites low European fuel oil inventories....

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Markets

Europia: Phase III of EU ETS to significantly increase EU refiners' costs

Chris Beddoes, deputy secretary-general of Europia, discusses the current pressures on European refiners and the need for it to be competitive.

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Company Data

Petroplus Holdings files for insolvency

Europe's biggest independent refiner goes into administration along with its subsidiaries in France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.

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Markets

Video: Low margins are here to stay for Europe’s refiners – MOL’s Katona

Mol’s integrated production excellence head, Antal László Katona, says refiners should not see the current low margin environment as a crisis.

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Company Data

Petroplus reaches temporary agreement with lenders

Europe's largest independent refiner obtains finances needed to cover critical expenses; currently in negotiations with third party for crude supply.

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