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Processing 2004 P

  • 01/12/2004 -- Saudi Aramco completes major Haradh complex
    Saudi Aramco Monday said it has completed its major natural gas and oil development project at Haradh, 280 km southwest of Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and plans to inaugurate the facilities Jan. 18. The complex consists of a 1.5 bcfd gas processing plant, a gas-oil separation plant capable of processing 300,000 b/d of crude oil, and a 130 MMscfd associated gas-gathering facility.
  • 01/09/2004 -- Sulfur limitations
    The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to finalize a low-sulfur nonroad diesel rule by summer. That means industry and other interested parties are scurrying to have their voices heard one last time on the issue at EPA and the White House.
  • 01/09/2004 -- Large ethylene plants present unique design, construction challenges
    Here are the unique design and manufacturing considerations for equipment in ethane crackers with more than 1 million tonnes/year of ethylene production.
  • 01/08/2004 -- CMAI forecasts growth in world chlor-alkali capacity
    Consultants anticipate that there will be more worldwide chlor-alkali capacity built by 2008 than what has currently been announced, and they predict the capacity is apt to be primarily in northeastern Asia and the Middle East.
  • 01/05/2004 -- US asphalt demand to rise 1.5%/year through 2007
    Demand for asphalt in the US is expected to surpass 37 million tons in 2007, or a projected expansion of 1.5%/year, according to a recent study released by Freedonia Group Inc., Cleveland.
  • 01/05/2004 -- US refining entering long up cycle
    The US refining sector is enjoying robust margins due to healthy demand growth and relatively tight products markets. Many analysts expect the prosperity US refiners experienced in 2003 will be repeated—if not improved upon—in 2004. But are markets witnessing the beginning of a longer-term up cycle for US refining?
  • 01/02/2004 -- BP says Alaska GTL demonstration plant technologies proven
    BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc. and its technology partner, London-based Davy Process Technology Ltd. say they have proven the new gas-to-liquids technologies being tested at BP's $86 million demonstration plant at Nikiski, on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage (OGJ Online, Aug. 16, 2003). The plant began operations July 27.
  • 01/02/2004 -- 2003 was a year of transition for the MTBE, fuels industry
    The world of political compromise that created the oxygenate mandate in the early 1990s began to head another direction in the 21st century.
  • 01/02/2004 -- Clean fuel rules caught in legislative limbo
    Congress, rather than the White House, stands to make the most dramatic changes to how clean fuels are made and sold in 2004.
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