Rompetrol Rafinare, a member company of the KMG International Group (Rompetrol), has started the processes of restarting the production facilities in the Petromidia Năvodari refinery, after the scheduled completion of the maintenance, recertification and modernization works of the units. Petromidia is the largest refinery in Romania, and the works totaled 85 million dollars. The maintenance […]
Dangote Refinery is set to buy at least 24 million barrels of US crude over the next year as it ramps up its processing capabilities.
Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR), under the Ministry of Defense, is reported to be responsible for the attack on the Volgograd oil refinery in the early hours of May 12. Public broadcaster Suspilne reports, citing sources, GUR drones also struck two other sites in Russia the same night. The UAVs targeted not only the Volgograd refinery but also the Kaluganefteprodukt oil depot in the settlement of Chelovekovo in the Kaluga region and the Novolipetsk steel plant in Russia's...
A green premium is in the pipeline for lower-carbon fuels that will boost the value of upgraded Australian refineries, according to energy company and service station operator Ampol. Ampol told shareholders on Thursday the Lytton oil refinery in Brisbane was on track to produce fuels suitable for the latest European and American cars that are […]
OMV Petrom put into operation the largest crude oil storage tank in Romania on the platform of the Petrobrazi refinery, following investments of 23 million euros. Taller than a 10-story building, the tank can store the raw material for the equivalent of 1.2 million gas tanks. The insulation system includes the largest aluminum dome in […]
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Ukrainian Suicide Drone Attack At Russia's Volgograd Oil Refinery Sparks Fire In defiance of repeated warnings from the Biden administration, the Ukrainian military is ramping up kamikaze drone attacks on the Russian energy complex, a move to hamper the nation's crude oil and crude product export revenues and curtail Moscow's ability to fund President Putin's 'special operation' in Ukraine. The latest suicide drone attack struck early Sunday at Lukoil PJSC's large oil refinery in...
Russian authorities reported a mass drone attack during the night of May 10 as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were spotted flying from Bryansk towards Moscow. Additionally, residents of the Kaluga region captured video footage of flames at an oil refinery that had previously caught fire in March due to a drone strike. Russian military officials did not comment on the refinery blaze, though it was mentioned by the local governor. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the drone attack via its...
ASCENSION PARISH - Electric vehicle battery company Element 25 reached an agreement to build a high-purity manganese sulphate monohydrate refinery in Ascension Parish.The 35-acre site is in Burnside. It is a key development in the company's agreement with General Motors, one of their partners.GM has committed $85M in senior secured debt funding to the Burnside project.Permalink| Comments
Ukraine broke records with a long-distance strike on Russia on Thursday, hitting a target 746 miles from the border.]]>
A long-range drone operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) struck the Gazprom Neft Salavat refinery in Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan from a record distance of 1,500 kilometers, reports Interfax-Ukraine, citing its sources. The source said, "Following a nighttime 'bang' at two oil depots in Russia's Krasnodar region, the long-range drone 'visited' Bashkortostan in the morning, hitting the Gazprom Neft Salavat refinery. The unmanned aerial vehicle targeted the oil catalytic cracking...
Ukrainian special services have reportedly carried out drone attacks on a military airfield and an oil refinery in Russia, with details of the operations provided by Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR). Sources within the SBU have confirmed that explosions at the Kushchevskaya airfield and the Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region were the result of Ukrainian drone strikes. The agency humorously referred to these incidents as "celebratory...