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A chemical engineer from Anna University and MBA from University of Madras, Saravanan has a wide experience spanning over 33 years covering both Oil Refinery and Fertiliser Industry.
PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of September 2022’ from all over the world. Right from the world’s first demo plant for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces taking off to Dow and Mura developing Europe’s largest advanced recycling plant in Germany, find out all the projects making headlines here.
Refinery closures remained in the spotlight in the Asia-Pacific region with news emerging on New Zealand’s Marsden Point’s transition to a terminal and the temporary closures of the only refinery in Sri Lanka. ** New Zealand’s Refining NZ said its Marsden Point refinery will transition to an import-only fuel terminal from April 2022. The company’s ...
REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: India’s gasoline use rises, falls elsewhere in Asia-Pacific India’s consumption of gasoline in June saw the highest month-on-month increase in a year as a decline in COVID-19 cases and the easing of lockdown measures boosted driving activity. Some states, such as the western state of Maharashtra, eased restrictions early June. Indian gasoline demand totaled 2.41 million mt in June, up 21% from May, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell showed. In May, gasoline demand hit a one-year low. However, a new wave of coronavirus infections in Indonesia has dent...
REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Mixed run rates in Asia-Pacific The BPCL Mumbai refinery on the west coast of India is currently running at full capacity even as partial lockdown has been introduced in many parts of the western region. It recorded a 118% run rate in March compared with 116% a year ago, while the run rate for 2019-20 (April-March) was 95%, compared with 115% in 2019-20, reflecting the impact of lockdown in 2020. However, India’s Reliance Industries Ltd. in March ran at 84% at its two refineries at the Jamnagar integrated refinery complex, down from 96% a year earlier, with overall ru...