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Processing 2006 P

  • 04/06/2006 -- Indonesia plans four biodiesel pilot plants
    The Indonesian government plans to build four pilot biodiesel plants in 2006, aiming to use them as models to promote alternative energy.
  • 04/03/2006 -- Yorktown refinery due S Zorb SRT unit
    Giant Industries Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., has selected ConocoPhillips technology for a 30,000 b/d sulfur removal unit for its 58,900 b/cd Yorktown refinery in York County, Va.
  • 04/03/2006 -- Oil shipping rates expected to fall in 2006
    Freight rates for oil tankers will decline further in 2006 due to excess shipping capacity, analysts told delegates at Intertanko's Singapore Tanker Event.
  • 03/30/2006 -- Nippon Oil hikes China Oil consignment refining
    Japan's Nippon Oil Corp. said it will step up refining activity under a consignment agreement with the PetroChina Co. group, raising output next month by 30% to 40,000 b/d.
  • 03/30/2006 -- CEPSA picks UOP for refinery expansion
    Spanish integrated CEPSA Group (Compañía Española de Petróleos SA) has let a contract to UOP LLC for eight process units for the expansion and upgrade of its 100,000 b/cd La Rábida Refinery in Huelva, Spain.
  • 03/30/2006 -- SK lets contract for FCC unit at Ulsan
    SK Corp. has let a contract to Shaw Stone & Webster for the basic design, procurement of critical equipment, and project management for a 60,000 b/sd FCC unit at its 817,000 b/cd refinery in Ulsan, South Korea.
  • 03/29/2006 -- Trade groups blame MTBE supply slide on energy bill
    A steep decline in the use of methyl tertiary butyl ether as a gasoline additive results from refusal by Congress to adopt MTBE liability limits as part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, a former chairman of the National Association of Convenience Stores told a US Senate committee Mar. 29.
  • 03/28/2006 -- High ethanol, gasoline prices likely in near term
    Gasoline and ethanol prices are likely to rise in the near term across the US, according to D. Mark Routt, a Dallas-based senior oil analyst with Energy Security Analysis Inc. of Wakefield, Mass.
  • 03/28/2006 -- Supply contract let for Serb biodiesel plant
    The Victoria Group of Novi Sad, Serbia, has let a contract to Lurgi AG, Frankfurt, for the supply of equipment for a 100,000 tonne/year biodiesel plant and a related vegetable oil plant of the same size to be built in Sid near Belgrade.
  • 03/27/2006 -- Neste, OMV plan biofuels plant in Austria
    Neste Oil Corp. and OMV AG have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly build a 200,000 tonne/year biodiesel plant at OMV's 208,600 b/cd Schwechat refinery in Austria.
  • 03/24/2006 -- Port Jerome/NDG complex due maintenance
    Esso SAF's Port Jerome/NDG 233,000 b/d refining and petrochemical complex near Le Havre in Normandy, France, will be shut down for maintenance costing €25 million through mid-April, according to Dominique Badel, Esso's chairman and chief executive.
  • 03/21/2006 -- NPRA: Hatch describes support for refining investment
    Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) outlined his legislation encouraging investment in refining capacity to attendees at the National Petrochemicals and Refiners Association annual meeting in Salt Lake City.
  • 03/21/2006 -- French group to study port strike effects
    The French oil companies' trade group Union Française des Industries Pétrolières (UFIP) has set up a working group to examine ways to reduce vulnerability of the four refineries on the French Riviera to the frequent labor action plaguing the ports of Fos, Lavera, and Etang de Berre refinery sites.
  • 03/21/2006 -- FEED pact let for Greek refinery upgrade
    Hellenic Petroleum SA has let a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract to a unit of Foster Wheeler Ltd. for the upgrade of the 100,000 b/cd Elefsina refinery in Greece. The terms of the contract were not disclosed.
  • 03/21/2006 -- NPRA: US refiners ready for 2006 supply challenge
    Refiners, although facing numerous challenges in 2006, will be able to maintain supplies of transportation fuels, according to William Klesse, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association chairman and chief executive officer of Valero Energy Corp.
  • 03/16/2006 -- Completion of Afghan topping plant reported
    Oxiana Energy Inc., Princeton, NJ, has disclosed the completion last May of a 3,000 b/d topping plant at Angot oil field, in the Sar-i-Pol province of northern Afghanistan (see map, Aug. 9, 2004, p. 32).
  • 03/15/2006 -- BPCL to commission Bina refinery by 2009
    India's state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) plans to commission a 120,000 b/d refinery at Bina in Madhya Pradesh by yearend 2009. The project will cost $2.33 billion.
  • 03/14/2006 -- Large biodiesel plant planned in Indiana
    Louis Dreyfus Agriculture Industries LLC plans to build a 250,000 gpd biodiesel plant near Claypool in northeastern Indiana.
  • 03/10/2006 -- Magellan to expand pipeline, marine terminal
    Magellan Midstream Partners LP, Tulsa, plans to invest nearly $55 million to expand its products pipeline system and marine terminal business, which it acquired from Shell Oil Products US (OGJ Online, June 28, 2004).
  • 03/08/2006 -- UFIP chief sees diesel challenges for France
    France needs increased diesel output from existing refineries more than it needs new refineries, according to Jean-Louis Schilansky, delegate general of the trade group Union Française des Industries Pétrolières (UFIP) at the group's annual press conference.
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