News releases

Marathon Oil Corporation’s refinery in Garyville, Louisiana, USA, has embarked on a $3.2-billion expansion. The project will increase the refinery’s capacity by 180,000 barrels a day to 425,000 barrels a day.

The US-based Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels (C2B2) – a research venture between business, government and academia – aims to be a world-class provider of biotechnologies for the chemical and fuels industries.

Woodside Energy Ltd, one of Australia’s largest publicly traded exploration and production companies, asked Shell Global Solutions to help determine the dynamic behaviour of its heavy mixed refrigerant (HMR) inlet line, which was causing integrity concerns.

Petrotrin, the state-owned oil company of Trinidad and Tobago, is already reaping the benefits of an ambitious five-year business-improvement programme developed with Shell Global Solutions for its refinery at Pointe-à-Pierre.

Victories for the Ducati Corse team in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship have set the scene for the team’s challenge to achieve two titles this season: the rider’s and the manufacturer’s championships.

The Shell-Paques biological gas desulphurisation process developed as a result of cooperation between Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell Global Solutions) and Shell-Paques (Paques B.V.) has received a major accolade at the annual awards of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) held in London.

Mariisky NPZ LLC (Mariisky NPZ) in Mari El, Russia and Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (Shell Global Solutions) have signed an agreement that will enable Mariisky NPZ to upgrade its refining configuration to meet stricter European specifications and increase refining capacity.

Shell Global Solutions’ Carbon and Energy Management (CEM) consultancy has been named as winner of the 2007 Petroleum Economist Cleaner Energy Initiative award.

Speciality lubricants developed and manufactured by Shell Global Solutions at the Westhollow Technology Center, Texas, USA, helped at least five stock car drivers make it into the NASCAR top 10 of the 2006 Nextel Cup series.

A new generation of cracking catalysts developed by specialists from Shell Global Solutions and Criterion Catalysts & Technologies and its affiliated venture Zeolyst International has produced substantial cost savings and helped to improve margins for the hydrocracker at the Shell Pernis refinery in the Netherlands.

Shell Global Solutions and its clients are celebrating 25 years of a pioneering technology developed by the Shell Group (Shell) that has helped to increase production, efficiency, reliability and safety at refineries, gas plants and petrochemical sites worldwide.

German refineries enhance safety with a fired-equipment review

Shell is expanding its facilities in Singapore in response to the high demand for polymers and plastics in the Far East.

Shell Global Solutions (US) Inc. and Criterion Catalysts & Technologies have agreed with Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO) to license technology and provide catalyst, reactor internals, process design package and technical services for a new hydrocracker at its Garyville, La, refinery.

It is projected that Thailand’s economy will grow at 4.7% a year and its primary energy demand at 4.6% a year to 2030.* Consequently, refiners in the region are looking at ways to meet escalating demand for their products.

Greg Lewin, President of Shell Global Solutions International BV, will outline the challenges of meeting the unprecedented global demand for products and services being faced by the energy and construction industries in a keynote speech to the 18th Annual Conference of the European Construction Institute.

Detecting, protecting and sustaining energy performance improvements is key to good business practice in the petrochemical world. A tool designed to help do just that has been commended by the Institute of Chemical Engineers (IChemE). Software developed by Shell Global Solutions recently was recognised as “Highly Commended” in the IChemE AspenTech Award for Innovation in IT.

Audi – whose high-performance cars are celebrated both on and off the racetrack – prides itself on its technical innovation. But even the most successful car manufacturer needs the support of collaborators who are equally inventive.

The Indonesian refining market is opening up and competitive pressure is increasing. Consequently, the country’s national oil company, Pertamina, has contracted Shell Global Solutions International BV to carry out a study of organisational effectiveness in energy management at its Balongan oil refinery in Indramayu, West Java. With a capacity of 125,000 barrels a day, it is one of the largest of the seven oil refineries owned by Pertamina and supplies fuel to Jakarta and West Java.

CSPC enjoys successful start-up of $4.3-billion petrochemicals complex

Reliance refinery expects financial benefits from greater crude flexibility

What fuel will be at the fuel pumps of the next generation of fuel stations? Will we all be driving around in virtually non-polluting vehicles?

Drivers in the UK who would like enhanced engine responsiveness can try Shell’s V-Power‡ fuel next time they fill up, as it is now available in fuel stations up and down the country.

Shell Global Solutions Leads Team to Complete First S-Lay Barge Fairing Application on Independence Hub Riser.

ZAO Nizhnekamsk is working with Shell Global Solutions to meet the latest European fuel specifications at its new diesel production facility. This facility will be a part of the complex of refining and petrochemical plants at Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan (part of the Russian Federation).

Bill Rothwell, currently General Manager, Ethylene Oxide/Glycols for Shell Chemicals, has been appointed to the role of Vice President Innovation and Chemicals Technology for Shell Global Solutions International, effective from 1 March 2007.

Corus joins forces with Shell Global Solutions in continuous improvement drive at Teeside cast products

A cross-disciplinary team, including experts from Shell Global Solutions, is to develop an advanced laser detection system for use in a novel hydrocarbon exploration technique.

Statoil’s Kollsnes gas facility raises plant availability while minimising costs