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Wed Dec 29 12:12:00 CST 2004 -- Flint Hills to increase Pine Bend refinery capacity
Flint Hills Resources LP plans a $100 million expansion of its Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount, Minn., that will increase the refinery's crude oil processing capacity to 330,000 b/d from 280,000 b/d.
Thu Dec 23 11:12:00 CST 2004 -- Formosa Plastics plans Taiwan refinery
Formosa Plastics Corp. (FPC) plans to spend $3.72 billion to build a 600,000-b/d refinery in Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Fri Dec 17 19:12:00 CST 2004 -- BP to close linear alpha olefin plant
BP said Dec. 16 that it would close its linear alpha olefin (LAO) production facility in Pasadena, Tex., by yearend 2005, reducing the firm's global LAO capacity by 500,000 tonnes/year.
Tue Dec 14 18:12:00 CST 2004 -- Holly picks Benham for work on diesel hydrotreater
Holly Corp. subsidiary Holly Refining & Marketing Co., Dallas, has awarded a $23 million services contract to Benham Cos. LLC for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a diesel hydrotreater (DHT) unit at Holly's Woods Cross, Utah, refinery north of Salt Lake City.
Wed Dec 08 15:12:00 CST 2004 -- ChevronTexaco markets Texaco brand gasoline in western US
ChevronTexaco Products Co. Monday began marketing gasoline under the Texaco retail brand in eight western US states where it intends to supply more than 300 locations by yearend 2005.
Wed Dec 08 15:12:00 CST 2004 -- ONGC unit planning to hike refinery capacity
Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL), a subsidiary of Indian government-owned Oil & Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), unveiled plans to hike capacity of MRPL's refinery in Mangalore, India, to 225,000 b/cd from 180,000 b/cd by 2007.
Tue Dec 07 16:12:00 CST 2004 -- Shell, agencies agree to Bakersfield refinery extension
Shell Oil Products US has reached an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Justice that modifies a consent decree and keeps the Shell Bakersfield refinery in operation through Mar. 31, 2005.
Mon Dec 06 12:12:00 CST 2004 -- High-capacity trays hike demeth capacity, efficiency at two Middle East gas plants
Replacing conventional valve trays with high-capacity trays in six demethanizer columns at Saudi Aramco's Shedgum and 'Uthmaniyah gas plants eliminated a liquid load restriction in the column top section.
Wed Dec 01 15:12:00 CST 2004 -- Freedonia: US fuel additives market to reach $8.4 billion/year in 2008
The US market for gasoline and other fuel additives is expected to increase 2.3%/year for 5 years—to $8.4 billion in 2008 from $7.5 billion in 2003, said Freedonia Group Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Mon Nov 29 09:11:00 CST 2004 -- Asia leads world in refined-product demand growth
Asia has been the biggest contributor to the worldwide petroleum demand explosion during the past year.
Tue Nov 16 16:11:00 CST 2004 -- Standard & Poor's: US ethanol industry booming but risky
US ethanol production is climbing in response to strong demand that is expected to continue, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said.
Mon Nov 15 15:11:00 CST 2004 -- Hydraulic analysis key to effective, low-cost demethanizer debottleneck
A hydraulic analysis successfully identified a bottleneck in a demethanizer column at Eastman Chemical Co.'s Longview, Tex., olefins plant.
Fri Nov 12 15:11:00 CST 2004 -- Petrobras awards catalyst cooler contract for Sao Paula refinery's RFCC unit
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) awarded a license to KBR, Houston, to add a second catalyst cooler at its residue FCC unit in the 51,270 b/cd Capuava (Recap) refinery in Sao Paulo.
Fri Nov 12 15:11:00 CST 2004 -- Dow, PIC let contract to Fluor for work on Kuwait olefins complex
A joint venture of Dow Chemical and Petrochemical Industries signed a memorandum of understanding with Fluor to provide utility and infrastructure front-end engineering and overall project management consultancy services for a $1 billion project to double the capacity of an olefins complex in Shuaiba, Kuwait.
Fri Nov 12 14:11:00 CST 2004 -- New plants start up at Brazil's Replan, Repar refineries
Brazil's state-run Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), has begun operation of new plants at two of its refineries.
Fri Nov 12 13:11:00 CST 2004 -- Cabot to build carbon black plant in Tianjin, China
Cabot Corp., Boston, and its joint venture partner Shanghai Coking & Chemical Co. plan to build a world class carbon black plant in Tianjin, China.
Tue Nov 09 18:11:00 CST 2004 -- Foresight analyst sees high potential in gas-to-liquids technology
Gas-to-liquids technology is "the ideal fuel to fill the widening wedge between rising world oil demand and falling legacy production," said Bernard J. Picchi, senior managing director of Foresight Research Solutions Inc., New York.
Mon Nov 08 16:11:00 CST 2004 -- Repsol taps KBR, ExxonMobil FCC technology for Argentina refinery upgrades
Repsol YPF has selected a partnership of KBR and ExxonMobil Corp.'s research and engineering arm, EMRE, to perform basic engineering design for upgrading FCC units at its La Plata, Argentina, refinery and its Lujan de Cuyo refinery in Mendoza, Argentina.
Mon Nov 08 10:11:00 CST 2004 -- Operating Eunice, La., demethanizer at high pressure yields unique data
El Paso Field Service Co.'s demethanizer at its Eunice, La., gas plant has operated consistently at pressures greater than 500 psig, providing the industry the opportunity to collect real plant data for high-pressure methanizers.
Wed Nov 03 18:11:00 CST 2004 -- Second unit of Iran's South Pars gas processing plant goes on stream
The second unit of a gas processing plant for Phases 4 and 5 of the South Pars natural gas expansion project off Iran has become operational.

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