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11/19/2003 -- Sohar refinery construction moves ahead in Oman; subcontracts let
JGC Corp. of Japan has awarded subcontracts to three international companies for construction works at Oman's Sohar refinery 250 km northwest of Muscat.
11/18/2003 -- Citgo starts up ISAL unit at Lemont refinery
Citgo Petroleum Corp., Tulsa, Tuesday confirmed that it has completed construction and successfully started up a new ISAL unit at its Lemont, Ill., refinery, the first such grass-roots unit built in the US.
11/17/2003 -- Bulgarian refiner evaluates effect of FCC feed pretreatment catalysts on gasoline quality
A systematic study conducted in Lukoil Bulgaria Ltd.'s Neftochim Bourgas FCC unit quantified the influence of unit operating variables on FCC gasoline specifications.
11/14/2003 -- Shell to close Bakersfield, Calif., refinery in late 2004
Shell Oil Products US, a unit of Shell Oil Co., reported that it will shut down operations at its 65,000 b/d Bakersfield, Calif., refinery by Oct. 1, 2004.
11/13/2003 -- Senate panel approves Medina for independent chemical board
The Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday unanimously voted to send to the US Senate floor the White House's nomination of Rixio Enrique Medina to be a member of the Chemical Safety Hazard Investigation Board.
11/12/2003 -- Motiva awards engineering contract for FCC turnaround maintenance
Motiva Enterprises LLC has inked a $40 million maintenance contract with Baton Rouge-based engineering firm Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for Motiva's upcoming fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) unit turnaround
11/12/2003 -- High methanol market prices starting to soften
The future bodes better for methanol consumers than for methanol producers, said the Houston-based Chemical Market Associates Inc. (CMAI) in its 2003 World Methanol Cost Study.
11/12/2003 -- Turkmenistan plans Seyidi refinery upgrades
Turkmenistan currently is planning a major upgrade of its Seyidi refinery to bring it into conformance with new ecological standards, according to a report Tuesday in nCa Watch (News Central Asia). A $300 million upgrade to a total capacity of 120,000 b/d of oil, including hydrorefining capacity is planned along with an $800 million gas processing and petrochemical production complex at Seyidi.
11/11/2003 -- PDVSA launches tender for maintenance at CRP plants
Petróleos de Venezuela SA has launched a public tender for private local companies to secure 7 contracts for the upcoming routine maintenance of the state oil firm's plants.
11/11/2003 -- Indonesia's Tangguh LNG plant progresses; GE Oil & Gas to supply compressors
HOUSTON, Nov. 11 -- GE Oil & Gas, Florence, Italy, a unit of Atlanta-based GE Power Systems, has been awarded a $90 million contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressors for the BP PLC-operated Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia.
11/07/2003 -- Canadian gas plant uses new cooling technique
Operations at a Canadian gas plant found fogging units added to turbines effective in cold climates as well as hot.
11/06/2003 -- Brass LNG Ltd. JV agrees to advance LNG project in Nigeria
Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), ChevronTexaco Corp., ConocoPhillips subsidiary Phillips Oil Co. (Nigeria) Ltd., and Italy's ENI SPA have formed a joint venture—Brass LNG Ltd. JV—to construct a new LNG liquefaction plant in Nigeria's central Niger Delta. The group will build the facility offshore near the Brass Terminal operated by Nigerian Agip Oil Co. (NAOC), in water sufficiently deep to accommodate LNG carriers (OGJ Online, Sept.7, 2001).
11/05/2003 -- Petrobras investigates Henrique Lage refinery fire
An investigation is under way to determine the cause of an explosion and fire that occurred Oct. 23 at Petróleo Brasileiro SA's Henrique Lage refinery in São Jose dos Campos, São Paulo.
11/05/2003 -- Rio state studying $5 billion LNG/petchem complex
The state of Rio de Janeiro is studying proposals that could lead to development of a $5 billion LNG and petrochemical complex at a key port area.
11/05/2003 -- Marathon Ashland to upgrade Detroit refinery
Findlay, Ohio-based Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC (MAP) reported Monday that it is planning to obtain financing to fund $300 million in new capital projects to upgrade its 74,000 b/d southwest Detroit refinery. The facility processes both heavy sweet crude and sour crude oil.
11/04/2003 -- European Commission presents draft legislation for chemicals regulation
The European Commission on Wednesday presented the final draft proposals for its registration, evaluation, and authorization of chemicals (REACH) legislation. It had whittled down its initial version under fierce lobbying by industry and the joint intervention of the leaders of France, the UK, and Germany—Jacques Chirac, Tony Blair, and Gerhard Schröder—who worried about the "risks of deindustrialization and loss of international competitivity of Europe's industry."
11/04/2003 -- Iraqi oil exports face further delays following pipeline sabotage
Even as Iraq announced the signing of a contract with a South African security firm for the protection of its oil infrastructure, petroleum officials reported a further delay in exports from the Turkish port of Ceyhan due to sabotage along the northern pipeline system.
10/29/2003 -- LPG-NGL plant planned for Sindh Province, Pakistan
Jamshoro Joint Venture Ltd. (JJVL) and Sui Southern Gas Co. Ltd. have signed an agreement to set up a $31 million LPG-NGL extraction plant at Jamshoro in Sindh Province, Pakistan. The agreement includes construction and commissioning, with Hanover Group of Companies from the US implementing the project.
10/23/2003 -- Daesan Petrochemical complex fire reduces diesel production
A fire on Oct. 17 damaged a section of Hyundai Oilbank Corp.'s Daesan Petrochemicals complex, reducing diesel production by 12,000 b/d, company officials said, according to a report by Asia Pulse Businesswire.
10/23/2003 -- New charts provide accurate estimations for water content of sour natural gas
An update of charts that give estimations of the water content of sour natural gas, published 10 years ago, reflect new experimental data and are more accurate for low pressures.

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