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Processing 2006 P

  • 07/12/2006 -- Suncor starts up ethanol plant in Ontario
    Suncor Energy Products Inc., Sarnia, Ont., has begun production from an ethanol plant in St. Clair Township in the Sarnia-Lambton region.
  • 07/11/2006 -- Brisbane refiner to get diesel hydrotreater
    Caltex Australia Petroleum Pty. Ltd., Sydney, has let a contract to Haldor Topsoe for a grassroots 3,000-tonne/day diesel hydrotreater at its 105,000 b/d Lytton refinery in Brisbane, Australia.
  • 07/07/2006 -- Military aircraft to test Syntroleum fuel
    The US Department of Defense has ordered 100,000 gal of Fischer-Tropsch synthetic aviation fuel from Syntroleum Corp., Tulsa, for performance testing in military turbines.
  • 07/07/2006 -- Total unit to halt Antwerp elastomer production
    Total Petrochemicals will cease elastomer production at its Antwerp, Belgium, facility "after several years operating in increasingly tough economic and competitive conditions."
  • 06/27/2006 -- Sabic unit lets PP plant construction contract
    Sabic unit Saudi European Petrochemical Co. has awarded Samsung Engineering a contract to construct a 500,000 tonne/year polypropylene plant at SEPC's Ibn Zahr complex in Al-Jubail.
  • 06/27/2006 -- Sinopec to raise ethylene output with new facility
    China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) has launched a 1 million tonne/year ethylene project in the Binghai New Zone, in north China's Tianjin municipality. The project is scheduled for completion in 2009.
  • 06/27/2006 -- India's Reliance awards coker heater contract
    Reliance Petroleum Ltd., through its design, engineering, procurement, and construction advisory services contractor Bechtel France, let a contract to Foster Wheeler USA Corp. for the thermal design, engineering, and procurement of four delayed coker heaters.
  • 06/23/2006 -- ExxonMobil calls for bids on Singapore plant expansion
    Shaw Stone & Webster and the Technip-Chiyoda joint venture, on behalf of ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., have invited bids for design, engineering, procurement, and construction work for a proposed second "world-scale" steam cracker at ExxonMobil's chemical facility adjacent to its 605,000 b/cd Singapore refinery.
  • 06/22/2006 -- Sasol, Shenhua consider Chinese coal-to-liquids project
    South Africa's Sasol and a consortium led by China's Shenhua Corp. agreed to proceed with the second stage of feasibility studies regarding an 80,000 b/d coal-to-liquids plant in Shaanxi Province, about 650 km west of Beijing.
  • 06/19/2006 -- Motiva refinery expansion contracts due
    Dresser-Rand said it is completing contracts with Motiva Enterprises to supply compression equipment and start-up services for the planned 325,000 b/d expansion of Motiva's 285,000 b/cd Port Arthur, Tex., refinery.
  • 06/16/2006 -- Ineos to expand Köln ethylene capacity
    Ineos Group Holdings Inc., Grangemouth, Scotland, plans to begin construction early next year on a €40 million expansion of the ethylene capacity at its olefins complex at Köln, Germany.
  • 06/15/2006 -- Fire, explosion hit idle Canadian refinery
    Ultramar Ltd., Montreal, is investigating the cause of a fire and resulting explosion June 14 at its 215,000 b/d Jean Gaulin refinery at Lévis (Saint-Romuald), near Quebec City.
  • 06/14/2006 -- Contract let for Lithuanian refinery upgrade
    AB Mazeikiu Nafta, Mazeikiai District, Lithuania, let a contract to Foster Wheeler Italiana SPA, Milan, for a comprehensive modernization of its 263,000 b/d Mazeikiai refinery in northwest Lithuania.
  • 06/13/2006 -- Alkylation unit planned for Indian refinery
    Reliance Petroleum Ltd. plans to add an 83,000 b/d alkylation unit at its 580,000 b/d export refinery under construction in Jamnagar, India.
  • 06/12/2006 -- Sabic, citing costs, stops cracker project
    Saudi Basic Industries Corp. Europe has halted a cracker project in the Netherlands, citing "too high" investment costs and financial risks.
  • 06/09/2006 -- Syntroleum, Sustec to build CTL plant
    Syntroleum and Sustec Industries have agreed to jointly develop a 3,000 b/d Syntroleum Fischer-Tropsch and Synfining unit as part of a planned 20,000 b/d coal-to-liquid plant at Sustec's facility at Spreetal, Germany.
  • 06/08/2006 -- Syncrude's Mildred Lake plant due FGD unit
    Syncrude Canada Ltd. has let a $40 million contract to Washington Group International Inc. to perform detailed engineering and procurement services for an emissions reduction project at its synthetic crude oil production site in Mildred Lake, Alta.
  • 06/08/2006 -- House approves refinery permit processing legislation
    Voting largely along party lines, the US House passed a bill June 7 designed to facilitate refinery permit processing by a 238-179 vote. It now goes to the Senate, where its prospects aren't certain.
  • 06/07/2006 -- Qatar starts commercial-scale Oryx GTL plant
    Oryx GTL Ltd. has inaugurated the $950 million Oryx gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant at Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.
  • 06/07/2006 -- Shomar plans Philippines biodiesel plant
    Shomar International Trading Corp. of Japan plans to construct facilities valued at $189.3 million in the Philippines to produce biodiesel fuel made from the jathropa or "tuba-tuba" plant.
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