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10/21/2003 -- PDVSA's Amuay refinery fire injures workers
Two workers were injured Sunday in an explosion and fire at Petroleos de Venezuela SA's Amuay refinery unit within the 950,000 b/d Paraguana refining complex in Venezuela. The explosion, which occurred at an electrical substation, caused substantial damage to that area's equipment but did not affect plant operations, as the plant switched to an alternate electricity supply, according to a report by Caracas-based newsletter Petroleumworld and local media reports.
10/21/2003 -- Qatar inks pacts with ExxonMobil, Shell for LNG, GTL megaprojects
Qatar Petroleum (QP) has signed separate agreements in the past week with two supermajors that would result in the world's largest gas-to-liquids project in Qatar as well as further expansion of LNG export capacity in the tiny Persian Gulf nation.
10/16/2003 -- SABIC plans second EG plant at Jubail Industrial City
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), Riyadh, reported that its United Petrochemical Co. subsidiary plans to construct a new 625,000 tonne/year ethylene glycol plant at its Jubail Industrial City plant site in Saudi Arabia. The new plant is expected to go on stream by yearend 2005.
10/15/2003 -- Caltex to convert Batangas refinery into product import terminal
ChevronTexaco Corp. reported that its subsidiary Caltex (Philippines) Inc. is planning to spend $13.6 million to convert its 72,000 b/d Batangas oil refinery in the Philippines into a world-class, finished products import terminal.
10/10/2003 -- Suncor optimizes sulfur-recovery facility
Suncor Inc. Resources Group and Gas Technology Products LLC significantly reduced plant operating costs while maintaining a high H2S-removal efficiency in a LO-CAT unit.
10/07/2003 -- Syntroleum's new GTL plant to fuel government vehicles demonstrations
Tulsa-based Syntroleum Corp. has completed a new gas-to-liquids (GTL) demonstration plant at Port of Catoosa, near Tulsa, Okla., that will provide synfuels for a long-term testing and demonstration project using government vehicle fleets such as metropolitan buses in Washington, DC, and National Park Service vehicles.
10/06/2003 -- New Zealand refiner NZRC awards EPC clean fuels contract to Foster Wheeler
New Zealand refiner New Zealand Refining Co. Ltd. (NZRC) reported the awarding of a $90 million engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to Houston-based Foster Wheeler Ltd.
10/03/2003 -- Staged modifications improve BTX extractive distillation unit capacity
The aromatic production capacity of an existing extractive distillation column increased more than 18% when the operator executed an equipment test run and a distillation review.
10/01/2003 -- Saudi Aramco awards Hawiyah gas processing expansion, NGL recovery plant contract
Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Saudi Aramco) has awarded a Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. subsidiary a contract valued at $100 million to oversee the 800 MMscfd expansion of its Hawiyah gas processing plant east of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the development of a natural gas liquids recovery plant on the site, along with other related projects.
09/29/2003 -- Motor Oil Hellas awards Axens hydrocracker contract
Greece's Motor Oil Hellas has awarded Axens IFP Group Technologies of France the contract to supply a new mild hydrocracker at its Corinth refinery in Greece.
09/26/2003 -- Catalyst developments driven by clean fuels strategies
Clean fuels strategies are at the top of crude oil refiners' lists of challenges this year, and catalyst suppliers have responded with solutions.
09/25/2003 -- Venezuela to ship significant RFG volumes to US
Venezuela's Paraguana Refining Complex (CRP) plans to ship 6 million bbl of reformulated gasoline (RFG) to the US in the next 3 months, reported OPEC News Agency.
09/24/2003 -- Petrovietnam building one refinery, considering second
Viet Nam is building its first refinery, Dung Quat, which is expected to be operational by Dec. 31, 2006. A proposed refinery for northern Viet Nam icould be operational in 2008, officials told reporters during a Wednesday news conference in Houston.
09/23/2003 -- Petrotrin to upgrade Point a Pierre refinery
Trinidad and Tobago's state-owned oil and natural gas company Petrotrin has announced it will spend $1 billion to upgrade its Point a Pierre refinery as it attempts to be competitive and make the island the refining center of the Caribbean and Latin America.
09/19/2003 -- Correlation calculates solubility, Henry's Law constant for olefins, diolefins in water
A new correlation based on boiling point temperature calculates water solubility and Henry's law constants for a wide variety of olefins and diolefins in water.
09/18/2003 -- Qatar, South Africa sign methanol agreement
Qatar Petroleum Co. (QP) and PetroWorld Ltd. signed a heads-of-agreement in Doha Sunday to jointly build a 12,000-15,000 tonne/day methanol plant at Ras Laffan.
09/17/2003 -- France's 2004 budget to include hike in diesel fuel gas tax
French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin announced Tuesday he will introduce a tax increase of 2.5 centimes/l. on diesel fuel for private cars in the country's draft budget for 2004.
09/15/2003 -- Nigeria receives warships to protect citizens, crude oil
Nigeria has received a third US warship under a security cooperation program aimed at ending crude oil theft and civil unrest in the Niger Delta.
09/15/2003 -- Study compares COS-removal processes
A recent study evaluated the different treating processes that remove carbonyl sulfide from propane streams.
09/08/2003 -- Imperial Oil's refit Dartmouth refinery producing low-sulfur gasoline
Imperial Oil officially opened the low-sulfur gasoline production unit at its Dartmouth refinery in Nova Scotia Thursday, reducing sulfur in its gasoline content by more than 90%.

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