WORLD NEWS USA | Shell
sells refinery assets
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quilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US, Shell Oil Co. and Shell Chemical LP, subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc, have reached an agreement for the sale of the Mobile Chemical LP refinery in Mobile, Alabama, to Vertex Energy Operating LLC. Vertex Energy is a US-owned, Texas-based specialty refiner of alternative feedstocks and marketer of high purity petroleum products. The divestment is part of Shell’s strategy to reduce its global refinery footprint to core sites integrated with the company’s trading hubs, chemicals plants and marketing
businesses. These high-value energy and chemicals parks will produce more low-carbon fuels and specialty chemicals for Shell’s customers. Shell Oil Co. has also confirmed that it has reached an agreement for the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining Ltd Partnership, a 50-50 joint venture between Shell Oil Co. and P.M.I. Norteamerica, S.A. De C.V. (a subsidiary of Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex). The transaction will transfer Shell’s interest in the partnership, and therefore full ownership of the refinery, to Pemex, subject to regulatory approvals.
Sweden | Haldor
Topsoe and Preem revamp Gothenburg refinery
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ogether, Haldor Topsoe and Preem have concluded the revamp of Preem’s Gothenburg refinery, which is part of Preem’s endeavour to reduce Sweden’s total carbon emissions by 20%. This is the second revamp of the hydrotreater, following a revamp in 2010 that upgraded the unit to co-process 30% renewable feedstock using Topsoe’s HydroFlexTM technology. With the second revamp, Preem and Topsoe have achieved 85%
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co-processing of renewable feedstock and continue to advance the field of renewable fuel production. Preem uses tallow and raw tall diesel as the main feedstocks. The revamp of the refinery is a significant step in Preem’s long-term plan to produce 5 million m3 of renewable fuels by 2030. This would result in carbon emissions being reduced by 12.5 million t, corresponding to 20% of Sweden’s total emissions.
New contracts for Lummus Technology Egypt |
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ummus Technology has announced that its Novolen business has been selected as the polypropylene (PP) licensor by Anchorage Investments for its Anchor Benitoite project in Suez, Egypt. Lummus’ scope includes the technology license for a 590 000 tpy PP unit as well as basic design engineering, training and services, catalyst supply and operator training simulator services. The Anchor Benitoite project will encompass production units producing several different petrochemical products and intermediates. The project is envisioned to be a gateway to petrochemical activity on regional and global scales, increasing Egypt’s competitiveness and position as a petrochemical hub. Lummus Technology has also announced an award for its butadiene extraction (BDE) technology from Korea Petrochemical Ind. Co. Ltd (KPIC). The BDE unit will be part of KPIC’s Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea. The project scope includes the technology license, basic engineering and training services. The unit will lead to the production of more valuable products from existing C4 streams and generate feed for an existing olefins conversion unit.
Huajin contracts DuPont Clean Technologies
orth Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd (North Huajin) has signed contracts with Refining Technology Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of DuPont Clean Technologies, for the license, basic engineering, and technical services for a new combined IsoTherming® kerosene/diesel hydrotreater (KDHT).
The grassroots hydrotreater is one of many units included as part of the greenfield fully integrated refining and petrochemical complex that will be located in Liaodong Bay New Area, Panjin, Liaoning Province, China. North Huajin commissioned DuPont for an IsoTherming KDHT unit with a nameplate capacity of
37 000 bpd, capable of producing fuels compliant with both Jet 3 fuel standard and China VI diesel. The technology will help the refinery minimise CO2 emissions due to lower energy requirement within the unit. This decrease in emissions will further assist China in its goal to become carbon neutral by 2060. HYDROCARBON
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