Crude oil fractionation is the primary separation step in a refinery, physically splitting crude into boiling-range cuts for downstream upgrading. It sits at the front of the refining value chain and dictates the yield slate, energy load, and feed quality ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 25, 2025 – Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has selected Honeywell to supply advanced technology, services, proprietary catalysts and equipment to help enable the refinery to process a wider range of crude and double the production capacity at Africa’s largest refinery in Lekki, Nigeria by 2028.

“This expansion reflects our confidence in Nigeria's future, our belief in Africa's potential, and our commitment to building energy independence for our continent and the world,” Aliko Dangote said at an October briefing.

Refining converts mixed crude oil into specification fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, and other products by physical separation, chemical conversion, and product treating/blending. It links upstream crude supply to downstream marketing and ...

A central piece of a closed crude oil refinery in Convent recently came crashing down as Shell Oil shifts the nearly 60-year-old complex toward making renewable fuels, company officials confirmed. The cat cracker and cat cracker reactor structure were ...

Oil refineries are the backbone of the global energy ecosystem, transforming crude oil into the fuels and petrochemical products that power industries, economies, and everyday life. From early 20th-century engineering feats to 21st-century mega-complexes ...

An aerial view of the southeastern side of the Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington. (Photo: Google Earth) This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. One of Los Angeles County’s most polluted stretches of land will ...