ExxonMobil mentioned its Canadian affiliate Imperial Oil has accomplished building of a renewable diesel facility at its Strathcona refinery close to Edmonton, Canada.
The power is predicted to be Canada’s largest renewable diesel facility, with the capability to provide as much as 20,000 barrels a day, the corporate mentioned in a information launch.
Imperial provides prospects in Western Canada and its personal operations in Northern Alberta. The power sources bio-feedstocks from Canadian agricultural suppliers to provide renewable diesel that can be utilized with no engine modifications, whereas additionally being nicely fitted to Canada’s chilly climate situations, ExxonMobil mentioned.
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Within the second quarter, Imperial Oil reported upstream manufacturing of 427,000 gross oil-equivalent barrels per day (bpd), its highest second quarter in over 30 years.
Imperial’s Kearl asset achieved its highest-ever second quarter manufacturing of 275,000 whole gross oil-equivalent bpd, the corporate mentioned in its most up-to-date earnings launch.
Gross bitumen manufacturing at Chilly Lake averaged 145,000 barrels per day, in comparison with 147,000 bpd within the second quarter of 2024, primarily on account of manufacturing and steam cycle timing, and turnaround impacts partially offset by Grand Rapids solvent-assisted steam-assisted gravity drainage, Imperial mentioned.
Imperial’s share of Syncrude quarterly manufacturing averaged 77,000 gross bpd, up from 66,000 bpd within the previous-year quarter, primarily pushed by the timing of the annual coker turnaround, the corporate mentioned.
Imperial’s refinery throughput averaged 376,000 bpd, decrease than 387,000 bpd a 12 months in the past. Capability utilization was 87 %, in comparison with 89 % within the second quarter of 2024. The decrease refinery throughput and capability utilization had been primarily on account of unplanned downtime partially offset by decrease turnaround impacts, the corporate mentioned.
Indonesian Oil Manufacturing Elevated
Final month, ExxonMobil mentioned it added oil manufacturing on the Banyu Urip discipline in East Java, Indonesia, with the event of latest wells.
Powered by the Banyu Urip Infill Clastic drilling challenge at its Cepu Block operation, these new wells assist Indonesia’s power targets, the corporate mentioned in an earlier assertion.
The addition of the brand new wells will contribute as much as 30,000 bpd to nationwide manufacturing, additional strengthening Banyu Urip’s position in supporting Indonesia’s power safety and financial development.
The event is a “main increase” to the Banyu Urip discipline, which already accounts for greater than 25 % of Indonesia’s nationwide oil manufacturing, ExxonMobil mentioned. Found in 2001 with an estimated 450 million barrels of oil, the corporate has expanded its potential to over 1 billion barrels.
“We’re proud to assist Indonesia’s power targets,” ExxonMobil Indonesia President Wade Floyd mentioned.
“It exhibits our dedication to native functionality improvement, having been executed with a crew of over 99 % Indonesian expertise,” Wade famous, including that they weren’t solely in a position to full operations on time, however forward of time.
“This challenge, delivered 10 months forward of schedule, displays ExxonMobil’s main expertise, scale, and execution excellence,” he mentioned.
Utilizing drill rigs inbuilt Indonesia, the drilling operations had been carried out by an nearly solely Indonesian crew, in keeping with the assertion.
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