01/29/2007
-- Contract let for Songo Songo gas plant expansion Globeleq, an operating power company and operator of the Songas gas-to-electricity project, let an engineering contract to Foster Wheeler South Africa for the expansion of the Songo Songo Island gas processing facility in Tanzania.
01/26/2007
-- Irving starts filings for second St. John refinery Irving Oil Ltd., St. John, NB, started the permitting process with provincial and federal authorities to build a second refinery at St. John.
01/19/2007
-- CPC refinery to add resid desulfurization Chinese Petroleum Corp. (CPC) will use Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) technology for a resid desulfurization unit at its 200,000 b/cd Taoyuan refinery in Taiwan.
01/15/2007
-- Fire extinguished at Chevron refinery Chevron Corp. said a fire was extinguished in a crude separating unit at its 225,000 b/cd refinery in Richmond, Calif.
01/15/2007
-- Energy firms to jump-start Indonesia's renewables China National Offshore Oil Corp. is one of 59 energy firms and institutions that signed preliminary agreements with Indonesia to jump-start the country's renewable energy sector.
01/12/2007
-- West Hawk, Lu'An to develop coal projects in China Canada's West Hawk Development and China's Shanxi Lu'An Coal Mining have agreed to jointly develop an underground coal gasification system to produce clean liquids and electric power.
01/08/2007
-- Indonesia to expand refineries' capabilities Indonesia's state-run PT Pertamina and Japan's Mitsui & Co. plan to establish a joint venture to build a $1 billion gasoline cracker at the Cilacap refinery on Java.
01/08/2007
-- Hydrogen plant due Polish refinery PKN Orlen SA let an engineering, procurement, and construction management contract to Technip for a hydrogen plant at its 376,500 b/cd refinery in Plock, Poland.
01/03/2007
-- Aramco reducing ethane in petrochemical feedstock Saudi Aramco expects to reduce the proportion of ethane in petrochemical feedstock to 60% by the end of the decade, down from 100% during the 1980s, said Khalid A. Al-Falih, the company's industrial relations senior vice-president.