Sunday 17 May 2015

Refining Week, May 15th 2015

Nigeria's richest man, plans to build Africa's biggest refinery. The Dangote Refinery at Lekki near Lagos will have capacity of 400,000 barrels per day. The latest news is that it is to use UOP technology for many of its process units.

In Greece, 6 workers were injured at a fire in the  Aspropyrgos Refinery.

In Brief


  • Baiji Refinery continues to be in the news, with claims that it may be damaged beyond repair
  • Workers at Marathon's Texas Refinery are planning to vote on ending strike action
  • Delta Airlines Trainer Refinery is no longer importing oil, but using 100 % domestic
  • A fire in the hydrocracker at Numaligarh Refinery was put out.
  • Sunday 10 May 2015

    Refining Week, May 8th 2015

    It may not be a very big project, but Dakota Prairie Refinery is the first completely new facility to open in decades in the USA

    In Russia, the modernisation of the sector continues. Syzran Refinery is the latest to reach the EURO V milestone.

    A fire at Hellenic Petroleum's Aspropyrgos Refinery, injured six workers

    In Brief

    Sunday 3 May 2015

    Refining Week, May 1st 2015

    News that we have been waiting for for a long time, came from India: IndianOil's Paradip Refinery starts crude processing

    The new Paradip Refinery, at 300,000 bpd and 12.2 Nelson Complexity is a great example of what a modern refinery should be.

    In Iraq, the Basrah Refinery Upgrading Project which has also been delayed for years, finally has a PMC contractor. Technip which has previously been awarded similar work in Iraq, has won PMC contract for the Basra Refinery Upgrading project

    In Short