China Sinopec’s Jinling refinery delivers first IMO-spec fuel oil

Sinopec Corp’s Jinling refinery in the eastern province of Jiangsu produced its first cargo of low-sulphur marine fuel of 4,200 tonnes, the state oil and gas group said on Tuesday.

Refinery news roundup: Shipments halted in Japan on strong typhoon

In the Asia-Pacific region, spring and summer maintenance in Japan had finished but autumn works were starting.

Mexico’s Pemex to up gasoline imports after refinery fire -source

Mexican state oil producer Pemex will import additional gasoline after a major fire last week at its largest...

Looming Chinese refinery cuts to hit oil demand

Some of China’s top oil refineries are having to take the highly unusual step of cutting operations during...

Middle East refinery focus for ship owner Scorpio

About 80pc of global refining capacity expansion will take place in China and the Middle East in the next five years, supporting the product tanker market, according to a presentation from New York-listed Scorpio Tankers, the largest product tanker operat

Spring refinery maintenance in Europe, Russia drawing to a close

Most European refinery maintenance so far this year took place in the first quarter, with Q2 seeing works diminishing ahead of the start of the driving season which typically boosts demand for products and margins.

Europe’s refinery processing in Feb up y/y -Euroilstock

Europe’s refineries processed 10.541 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in February, 3.8 percent more a year earlier, Euroilstock data showed.