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NewsHollyFrontier Corporation, November 18, 2019HollyFrontier recently announced a series of strategic actions, most notably: the construction of a new renewable diesel unit (RDU) at the company's Navajo Refinery in Artesia, New Mexico.
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NewsCalumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., November 14, 2019Calumet Specialty Products Partners recently closed on the sale of its San Antonio, TX refinery and related assets, including a crude oil terminal and pipeline, to Starlight Relativity Acquisition Company for $63 million.
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Partner ContentAuto-refrigeration can impose low temperatures onto process vessels and piping causing them to be at risk of brittle fracture, the sudden break-before leak phenomena that can result in catastrophic rupture of the equipment.
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NewsReuters, November 13, 2019BP Midstream Partners LP is considering expanding its Mars crude oil pipeline to accommodate new volumes from offshore oil fields, Chief Financial Officer Craig Coburn said on Tuesday.
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NewsReuters, November 13, 2019Royal Dutch Shell Plc is finishing a planned multi-unit overhaul as it begins restarting the large crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 340,000 barrel-per-day joint-venture Deer Park, Texas, refinery on Tuesday.
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NewsReuters, November 12, 2019A hydrotreater and reformer were operating normally on Monday after being restarted late last week at Motiva Enterprises’ 607,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, said sources familiar with plant operations.
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NewsReuters, November 12, 2019PBF Energy began restarting the cat feed hydrotreater at its 190,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) Chalmette, Louisiana, oil refinery on Monday, a day ahead of schedule, two sources familiar with the plant’s operations said.
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NewsReuters, November 8, 2019A $1.6 billion plan to refurbish a long-idled Caribbean oil refinery is about 75% complete and could begin delivering fuel supplies early next year, company and government officials said this week.
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NewsReuters, November 8, 2019There was a large explosion in one of the production units of Syria’s Banias refinery near the Mediterranean coast during maintenance operations, Syria’s oil minister said on Thursday. One worker was killed and an engineer was injured.
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Press ReleasePoseidan Events, November 7, 2019As the largest conference in Asian downstream, RPW Asia 2020 will assemble over 1,000 downstream professionals to discuss strategies and best practices for process innovation, petrochemical integration, digital transformation, operation optimization
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Press ReleasePoseidan Events, November 7, 2019This downstream event aims to spotlight innovations in process configuration, safety excellence, and digital transformation to improve productivity and maintain cost competitiveness.
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NewsReuters, November 7, 2019The recent refinery fire that forced Philadelphia Energy Solutions to shutter its plant and file for bankruptcy has raised concerns about aging equipment at U.S. refineries.
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NewsHarvest Midstream Company, November 7, 2019Harvest Midstream Company, an affiliate of Hilcorp Energy Company, recently announced the start of construction for the Ingleside Pipeline and the Harvest Midway Terminal.
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NewsReuters, November 6, 2019Although Phillips 66, the 4th largest U.S. refiner by capacity, plans to spend less on capital projects in 2020 than 2019, the company plans to execute major projects at its Sweeny (TX), Ponca City (OK), Rodeo (CA), and Humber (England) refineries.
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Press ReleaseSPRINT Robotics, November 5, 2019The awards for exceptional work in inspection and maintenance robotics was recently announced at the 2019 World Conference for Inspection & Maintenance Robotics.
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NewsHusky Energy Corp., November 5, 2019Husky Energy has closed the sale of its 12,000 barrel-per-day Prince George Refinery to Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure for $215 million in cash, plus a closing adjustment of approximately $53.5 million.
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