Several petrochemical producers in Asia plan to reconfigure their crackers to process more ethane to reduce costs and capitalize on rising U.S. supplies as they face thin margins and global oversupply ...

The possible lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran's oil exports could deal a fatal blow to independent Chinese refineries that have thrived by processing Tehran’s discounted crude, while also putting ...

Malaysia's Pengerang Refining Co. (Prefchem) has restarted one of its two residue fluid catalytic cracking (RFCC) units in the past week after shutting it for repairs early this year.

Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity has been revised up by 29.5% in May from the previous plan to 3.41 MM tonnes (t).