Fuel and energy

US independent refiner Valero increased light crude processing to undisclosed "record volumes" this month as export cuts slashed sour crude's competitiveness, the company said today.

PJSC TATNEFT and Schneider Electric have signed a Cooperation Intent Agreement.

Lithuanian Lietuvos Energija subsidiary Lietuvos Duju Tiekimas (LDT) has bought its first spot US LNG cargo from Cheniere, which will be delivered in the second half of August.

Gazprom today started laying the TurkStream gas pipeline in the deep-water area off the coast of Anapa. The operations were launched with the command given by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to the Pioneering Spirit pipe-laying vessel

OPEC Secretary General, HE Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, has congratulated HRH Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on his appointment as the new Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Total had originally said it planned to use 252,000 t/yr of uco at La Mede, as part of more environmentally-friendly biodiesel production.

Sojitz Corporation has concluded a joint venture along with Shikoku Electric Power and one of France’s largest construction companies, Eiffage SA, to participate in the Huatacondo solar independent power producer project (IPP) in Chile