Refining

The Dangote Refinery in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest, is expected to receive on Friday its first of several cargoes of crude oil that would enable it to begin initial runs, the Dangote group said in a statement seen by Reuters. The refinery, which has been commissioned but has yet to begin …

The national oil producer of the United Arab Emirates and Australia’s energy group Santos have teamed up to jointly explore the development of a global carbon management platform to help customers in the Asia Pacific region cut emissions. Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, which pumps nearly all the oil in …

Refiners in China processed and imported record volumes of crude oil in 1H23, sourcing much of the additional crude oil runs from Russia, Iran, Brazil, and the US. These increases, sparked by China’s initiatives to ease COVID-19 mobility restrictions and reopen its economy, are a return to a more than …

India, the world’s fourth largest crude oil refiner, is expected to add one million barrels per day (mb/d) of refining capacity in the next five years. According to the latest refining capacity numbers by the International Energy Agency (IEA), India will increase its refining capacity from 5.2 mb/d in 2022 …

Despite having access to the Naftoport-Polish oil port in Gdańsk, the German side has not yet completely removed Russia’s stake from Germany’s Schwedt Refinery. On May 3, Germany’s “Task Force PCK,” which is dealing with the situation of the Schwedt Refinery (PCK), met for the fourth time. Task Force PCK …

India has become Europe’s largest supplier of refined fuels this month while simultaneously buying record amounts of Russian crude, according to data from analytics firm Kpler. Europe’s reliance on Indian crude oil products has grown since the ban on Russian oil. Europe’s refined fuel imports from India are set to …

The continuous shift in oil trade flows following the EU embargo on Russian exports is a huge win for the crude from Western Europe’s largest oilfield offshore Norway. Norway’s Johan Sverdrup crude is now a top choice for European refineries that used to rely on Russia’s flagship grade, Urals, before …

Russia’s Lukoil has sold its Italian refinery to a group of firms backed by a major trading house in its first significant asset sale since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, the companies said on Monday (9 January). Since its inception following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Lukoil had been one …

Sinopec has signed a framework agreement with Saudi Aramco to build a Phase II 16 million-ton-a-year refining project and 1.5 million-ton-year ethylene units in Gulei, Fujian. The project is expected to be completed and operating by the end of 2025, according to a press release by Sinopec. The Chinese company …

European refiners now seem to have more crude oil than they need—with the early panic about Russia’s dwindling oil exports—and the world’s subsequent oil shortage—proving to be overblown. Crude oil traders have pointed to Europe’s ability to source crude oil from Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States …