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

• Baiji Refinery is once again in the hands of ISIS
• Striking workers at Lyondell Basell's Houston refinery struck a deal to start work
• There was a fire at Tacoma Refinery, but noone was injured
• A report from EIA, showed that refineries in the Eastern US were getting more than half their oil by rail