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09/17/2002 -- Shanghai Cabot Chemical to expand carbon black plant
Shanghai Cabot Chemical Co. Ltd. plans to expand its carbon black production facility in Shanghai, China, to increase carbon black production by more than 50,000 tonnes/year.
09/17/2002 -- Sunoco to build, operate sulfur plant at Marcus Hook refinery
Philadelphia-based Sunoco Inc. revealed plans that it will build and operate a sulfur recovery plant at the refining company's 175,000 b/d refinery at Marcus Hook, Pa.
09/16/2002 -- Independent refiners seek delays from low sulfur diesel
The US Environmental Protection Agency may allow two independent refiners more time to meet the agency's low sulfur diesel rule.
09/16/2002 -- Premcor reaffirms October closure for Hartford refinery
One of the largest independent petroleum refiners and marketers of unbranded transportation fuels and heating oil in the US is shutting down its 70,000 b/d Hartford, Ill., refinery in early October.
09/13/2002 -- Fire doused at BASF Freeport, Tex., chemical site
Firefighters have extinguished a fire that erupted Friday morning involving a railcar at BASF Corp.'s Freeport, Tex., petrochemical facility.
09/13/2002 -- New signs abound of future gas market tightness
New signs of future tightness in North American gas markets continue to manifest themselves.
09/10/2002 -- US refining margins face pressure for the near term, analyst says
Although US refining margins are expected to remain under pressure for the near term, heating oil inventory levels appear to be the key to an anticipated recovery in refining margins, an analyst said.
09/10/2002 -- Bullish pressure expected on Singapore refining margins
Singapore's refining margins are expected to maintain bullish pressure because South Korea's fuel oil production is dropping, and Russian oil exports also are expected to drop.
09/10/2002 -- JV awards contract for Louisiana cryogenic gas processing train
A joint venture of Enterprise Products Partners LP and Marathon Oil Co. let a lump-sum, turnkey contract to Technip-Coflexip for a cryogenic gas processing train.
09/10/2002 -- Phillips lets contract to Fluor for Washington refinery upgrade
Phillips Petroleum Co. has awarded a contract for an undisclosed sum to Fluor Corp. to perform engineering, procurement, and construction upgrade services on the company's 89,000 b/d refinery.
09/05/2002 -- Asia Pacific's petrochemical sector expanding
The petrochemical industry is one of the most dynamic market sectors of the Asia-Pacific region with a number of world-scale ethylene crackers coming on stream and more being planned.
09/02/2002 -- WPC: PDVSA confirms entry into Brazil's fuels market
Petroleos de Venezuela SA has confirmed its decision to enter Brazil's lubricants and fuels market under the PDV brand name, marking the start of the sale of PDV products at service stations.
09/02/2002 -- COMMENT
Congress should ban, not expand, the use of ethanol in gasoline
Cal Hodge, consultant"A US federal ethanol mandate does little for energy, harms the environment, and reinforces an oligopoly. Congress should ban, not expand, the use of ethanol in gasoline."
08/23/2002 -- Fire at Statoil's Kalundborg refinery
An investigation is underway into the cause of a fire Aug. 19 at Statoil ASA's Kalundborg, Denmark refinery that injured one worker and damaged the plant's visbreaker.
08/20/2002 -- OMV lets $15 million contract to Fluor for refinery upgrade
OMV AG awarded a $15 million contract to Fluor Corp. for engineering, procurement, and construction management services on the upgrade of OMV's clean diesel and gasoline units at its refinery.
08/19/2002 -- Trinidad and Tobago gives conditional nod to new grassroots refinery
The Trinidad and Tobago government has granted conditional approval for the construction and operation of a 224,000 b/d full-conversion export oil refinery and ancillary infrastructure.
08/14/2002 -- PTT unit slates another Thai aromatics capacity expansion
Aromatics (Thailand) PLC (ATC), the operator of Thailand's first aromatics complex, has decided to embark on a $25 million scheme to further expand its production capacity, by 13.27% to 1.1 million tonnes/year.
08/09/2002 -- Dimethyl ether venture partners begin development of pilot plant
DME Development Co. Ltd. said it will begin a government-subsidized project to develop direct synthesis technology for dimethyl ether (DME).
08/07/2002 -- Cogeneration plant planned for St. John refinery
Irving Oil Ltd., St. John, NB, and TransCanada Energy Ltd., a unit of TransCanada PipeLines, plan to build an $80 million cogeneration plant at Irving Oil's refinery at St. John, Canada's largest.
08/07/2002 -- Huntsman idles a portion of its EO/EG production
Huntsman Corp., Salt Lake City, has permanently idled 15% of its total ethylene oxide (EO) and ethylene glycol (EG) production.

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