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11/30/2006 -- Saudi Kayan lets petrochemical complex contract
Saudi Kayan, a JV of Sabic and Al-Kayan, has awarded Flour an EPC management services contract for the utilities and offsite facilities of the JV's 4 million tonne/year petrochemical complex in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
11/29/2006 -- Japanese firms strengthen LPG operations through alliance
Japanese firms Mitsui, Sumitomo, and Marubeni are negotiating to form an alliance for the joint procurement of LPG, operation of tankers to carry it, and eventual consolidation of their respective distribution and storage facilities.
11/29/2006 -- Lurgi's technology selected for propylene plants in China
Datang International Power Generation Co. Ltd. and Shenhua Ningxia Coal Industry Group have awarded Lurgi AG two contracts for the first two commercial-scale propylene plants based on Lurgi technology for the production of plastics from coal.
11/29/2006 -- Technip to supply HDS unit to Polish refinery
PKN Orlen SA has awarded Technip a contract worth €67 million for construction of a diesel oil hydrodesulfurization (HDS) unit at its 376,500 b/cd refinery in Plock, Poland.
11/28/2006 -- Contract let for fourth Khalda gas plant train
Khalda Petroleum Co. (KPC) has hired Petrofac of London to design and construct a fourth gas-conditioning train at Salam on the Khalda Concession in the western desert of Egypt, said Apache Corp.
11/15/2006 -- Khalda gas plant capacity to rise to 510 MMcfd
Petrofac of London will carry out the engineering, procurement and construction work for Khalda Petroleum Co.'s (KPC) third gas-conditioning train at Salam on the Khalda Concession in Egypt.
11/15/2006 -- Chevron plans further Pascagoula refinery upgrades
Chevron USA Inc. has applied for an environmental permit to construct a continuous catalyst regeneration (CCR) unit and several other minor units at its 325,000 b/cd refinery in Pascagoula, Miss.
11/14/2006 -- Ethanol use charter signed in France
Members of France's oil industry, independent motor fuels distributors, automobile manufacturers, farmers, and ethanol producers on Nov. 13 signed the "Charter for Ethanol E85" which sets out their commitments over the next 5 years.
11/09/2006 -- CEPSA awards FEED contract for Spanish refinery
CEPSA has let a lump-sum contract for an undisclosed amount to Foster Wheeler Iberia SA for front-end engineering design and early procurement services for crude, vacuum, and gas concentration units at its 100,000 b/cd La Rabida Refinery at Huelva, Spain.
11/08/2006 -- Marathon reports Garyville expansion details
Marathon Oil Corp. disclosed processing-unit capacities in a report that its board had approved expansion of its Garyville, La., refinery, which the company announced a year earlier.
11/06/2006 -- OMV plans petrochemical expansion in Bavaria
OMV AG will boost petrochemicals capacity as part of a €1.1 billion investment program in Bavaria over the next 4 years.
11/06/2006 -- Marathon taps Dresser-Rand for refinery expansion
Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC has selected Dresser-Rand Co. for the supply of compression equipment for the planned 180,000 b/cd capacity expansion at its 245,000 b/cd Garyville, La., refinery.
11/03/2006 -- EPA proposes further gasoline vapor controls
The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to expand, to nationwide locations, its air toxic standards designed to prevent gasoline spills and evaporation at urban distribution facilities.
10/26/2006 -- BP lets $3 billion contract for Whiting refinery work
BP Products North America Inc. has awarded Fluor Corp. several major packages, valued at a combined $3 billion, for upgrades to increase Canadian heavy oil processing capacity at its 399,000 b/cd Whiting refinery in northwest Indiana.
10/26/2006 -- Chevron taps Praxair for large hydrogen plant
Chevron Products Co. has completed an agreement with Praxair Inc. for a hydrogen plant at its 240,000-b/d Richmond, Calif., refinery that the technology provider says will be the largest it has ever built.
10/26/2006 -- Lurgi building 31 biodiesel plants worldwide
Lurgi AG reports that it currently is engineering and building 31 biodiesel plants with total capacity of more than 4.2 million tonnes/year.
10/25/2006 -- North West picks CLG for proposed upgrader
North West Upgrading Inc., Calgary, has selected the technology of Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) for a 77,000 b/d hydrocraking unit at North West's proposed heavy oil upgrader facility in Sturgeon County, Alta.
10/24/2006 -- GAIL JV to build petrochemical plant in Assam
India's state-owned GAIL India Ltd. is the lead promoter of a $1.2 billion integrated petrochemical complex in India to be built in Lepetkata district in Dibrugarh, Assam.
10/23/2006 -- Company to expand CHP plant servicing refineries
ConocoPhillips plans to invest about $400 million (£210 million) to expand capacity at its Immingham combined heat and power (CHP) plant in North Lincolnshire, UK. The CHP provides steam heat and electric power to ConocoPhillips' 221,000 b/d Humber refinery and steam heat to Total SA's 221,286 b/cd Lindsey refinery—both located adjacent the CHP plant.
10/23/2006 -- Chevron, UC Davis team up in biofuels research
Chevron Technology Ventures LLC plans to provide as much as $25 million to scientists and engineers at the University of California, Davis, to develop technology for converting cellulosic biomass into transportation fuels.

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