Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp has temporarily shut a desulphurizer unit at its 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery in Mailiao following a leakage, but the shutdown period was not ...

Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp aims to restart a residue desulphurizer (RDS) unit in April that was destroyed by a 2010 fire subject to government approval, its spokesman said on Wednesday.

Taiwan's Formosa Petrochemical Corp plans to shut its residue desulphurizer (RDS) for maintenance in October and will reduce its crude processing rates to about 40%, the company spokesman said.

Cosmo Oil, Japan's third-largest refiner, has started building stocks of very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) that can be supplied to domestic marine fuel markets from October ahead of IMO 2020, its ...