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Rector of Baku Higher Oil School (BHOS) Elmar Gasimov has met with First Vice President of the Italian company Maire Tecnimont Group, Gianni Bardazzi, and Head of KT-Kinetics Technology (branch office of Maire Tecnimont Group in Azerbaijan), Niccolo Heilpern

Libya’s Zawiya refinery is operating normally after sustaining damage following fighting among armed groups near the complex late Oct. 26, a source close to the refinery told S&P Global Platts. State-owned National Oil Corp. said late Oct. 26 that damage was incurred at storage tanks for oil products, crude oil, base oils and chemical additives, ...

Some maintenance work is continuing in Africa, as the Secunda refinery is now back online but works are ongoing or planned at the Skikda, Indeni and Natref facilities. Separately, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Oct. 7 confirmed that the government has restored costly subsidies on imported gasoline amid declining revenue that has been significantly impacted by ...

European refiners are increasingly focusing on renewables and moving away from crude in a drive towards carbon neutrality. Spanish energy group Repsol will use steam biomethane reforming, or SBR, for around 30% of its targeted 2030 green hydrogen production and will raise hydrogen production by 60% compared to its previous target, the company said. Repsol ...

Finnish refiner and biofuels producer Neste is testing a renewable gasoline as a potential drop-in, lower-carbon fuel for conventional internal combustion cars, the company said May 21. Tests to study the properties of new fuel are currently underway on two cars in Sweden together with Powertrain Engineering Sweden AB, a supplier to Volvo Car, Neste ...

A number of refineries in Africa have been offline, either following maintenance as Zambia’s Indeni, or due to a lack of crude supply as Ghana’s Tema. Two refineries in South Africa also remain offline — Engen’s Durban and the Cape Town refinery — as well as Cameroon’s Limbe. Near-term maintenance New and revised entries ** ...

Refinery news roundup: Some refineries in Africa remain offline In South Africa, both the Engen and Cape Town refineries remain offline, whereas Zambia’s Indeni is not expected to restart after a maintenance until later this year. Overall refining output in Africa remains low as many refineries remain closed or are operating intermittently, according to Africa-focused oil consultancy CITAC. In South Africa alone, refinery output fell 28% last year as all refineries were closed in April and Ma...

Maintenance mostly over in Africa Most of the current round of refinery maintenance in Africa has been completed. However, South Africa’s Cape Town and Engen remain closed. ONGOING MAINTENANCE New and revised entries ** Ghana’s sole oil refinery, the Tema facility, has come back online after being shut in for a few weeks due to technical issues, a source close to the matter said March 22. “The refinery has resumed processing after days of some maintenance to correct some few issues,” th...

New and revised entries ** Ghanas sole oil refinery, the Tema facility, has come back online after being shut in for a few weeks due to technical issues, a source close to the matter said March 22. "The refinery has resumed processing after days of some maintenance to correct some few issues," the source said. The refinery went offline in late July, after having run through its reserves of crude. It then restarted in early January only to shut down again a month later. The CDU currently only...

New and revised entries ** Bosnias Brod refinery has launched a solar power station, according to owner Zarubezhneft. The refinery suspended operations in 2019 for an upgrade and to prepare for the use of natural gas. A pipeline was being built to supply the refinery with natural gas to fuel its internal processes, and was expected to be ready in late 2020, although the company was not available to confirm whether that has been completed. The gas will replace fuel oil as a power source for the ...