Hydrocarbon Engineering

20/10/2025

Lummus Technology and KazMunayGas (KMG) announced that the companies have signed a preliminary agreement to establish a digital centre of excellence in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. 🇰🇿

The centre will serve as a hub for technology transfer and workforce development, providing advanced training, enhancing technical skills, improving industrial safety, and strengthening operational excellence for Kazakhstan's growing petrochemical sector. 🏭

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Lummus Technology and KazMunayGas (KMG) announced that the companies have signed a preliminary agreement to establish a digital centre of excellence in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

20/10/2025

Have you watched the latest Hydrocarbon Engineering Spotlight Interview with Sabin Metal Corporation?

We sit down with Brad Cook, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Sabin Metal Corp., to discuss his article that featured in the June 2025 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering.

Titled ‘Minimising risk and maximising value’, This piece considers how companies can maximise the value of their precious metal catalysts by choosing the right partner for recovery and refining.

Click here to watch the Spotlight now: https://bit.ly/42uXU1o

20/10/2025

In the October issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Nancy D. Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, explores the market turbulence across the global oil and gas industry, considering the effects for major producers and refiners in the Middle East. 🛢️

Read a preview on our site now and subscribe for access to exclusive, technical articles every month at hydrocarbonengineering.com 📚

17/10/2025

It's time for this week's round-up of the top news stories from the downstream oil and gas sector! ✨

Worley has been awarded a contract from ExxonMobil for a major reconfiguration project of its integrated complex in Baytown, Texas, US. 🏭

Uganda’s oil refinery is scheduled to begin operations in the 4Q29 or the 1Q30, according to Michael Nkambo Mugerwa, General Manager of Uganda Refinery Holding Co. 🇺🇬

McKinsey & Company has launched its 10th annual Global Energy Perspective, which offers a comprehensive analysis of the forces shaping the energy sector and projects energy demand and supply trends across a range of fuel types and regions through 2050. 📚

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17/10/2025

Topsoe, Sasol, Griesemann Gruppe, and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed a cooperation agreement to enable the construction, operations, and R&D activities of DLR’s e-fuels demonstration facility for research and production of e-SAF. 🤝

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Topsoe, Sasol, Griesemann Gruppe, and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) have signed a cooperation agreement to enable the construction, operations, and R&D activities of DLR’s e-fuels demonstration facility for research and production of e-SAF.

16/10/2025

Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE) has announced the completion of a major electrical upgrade at its Jeannette, Pennsylvania, US, manufacturing facility. 🇺🇸

The upgrade, which began in late 2022, now enables EEE to complete full speed and full load testing of compressors and electrical equipment up to 100 MW, or approximately 134 102 hp, strengthening large scale turbomachinery testing. ✅

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Ebara Elliott Energy (EEE) has announced the completion of a major electrical upgrade at its Jeannette, Pennsylvania, US, manufacturing facility, for turbomachinery testing.

16/10/2025

Exolum has announced its decision to invest £4.5 million in creating the UK’s first independent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) blending facility at Redcliffe Bay in south-west England, as part of new plans for a UK-wide network of SAF blending hubs. ✈️

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Exolum has announced its decision to invest £4.5 million in creating the UK’s first independent SAF blending facility at Redcliffe Bay in south-west England, as part of new plans for a UK-wide network of SAF blending hubs.

16/10/2025

Worley has been awarded a contract from ExxonMobil for a major reconfiguration project of its integrated complex in Baytown, Texas, US. 🇺🇸

The project will enhance manufacturing capabilities to produce higher-value products, including basestocks and distillate, while optimising operational efficiency. 🏭

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Worley has been awarded a contract from ExxonMobil for a major reconfiguration project of its integrated complex in Baytown, Texas, US.

16/10/2025

Read about Kurita Group’s solutions for boiler water treatment in refineries and petrochemical industries in this white paper: https://bit.ly/4mLczwx

Kurita’s Cetamine® Technology offers a modern, film-forming amine-based approach that provides comprehensive protection across the entire water-steam cycle. Discover how the technology supports sustainable, efficient, and long-term boiler operation in refinery and petrochemical settings.

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15/10/2025

Liquid Wind has received support from Industriklivet, the Swedish Energy Agency's programme supporting Swedish industry's green transition, amounting to €3.6 million (SEK39 million), for the pre-engineering of the company's full scale eMethanol plant in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. 🇸🇪

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Liquid Wind has been granted €3.6 million in funding by Industriklivet for its eFuel project in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.

15/10/2025

Join Hydrocarbon Engineering on Tuesday 28 October 2025, 14:00 (GMT) for a detailed technical webinar with Axens exploring ‘Strategic pathways to secure SAF production technologies’.

This presentation delves into the strategic pathways essential for derisking sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production technologies, focusing on key pathways such as biomass-to-liquid (BTL), electrofuels (eFuels), and mixed approaches (eBTL).

Additionally, the presentation will highlight the significance of selecting the right technology licensor collaborating on scheme optimisation and forming strategic partnerships that extend beyond technology licensing.

Register for free: https://bit.ly/4m1n9iM

15/10/2025

Burckhardt Compression, a provider of reciprocating compressor technology and systems, has secured a major equipment order for a new chemicals storage facility in the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone, located in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi, UAE. 🇦🇪

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Burckhardt Compressions has secured a major equipment order for a new chemicals storage facility in the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone, located in Al Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.