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10/01/2007 -- ConocoPhillips, ADM team to produce renewable fuel
ConocoPhillips has formed an alliance with agricultural processing firm ADM to develop technology to convert biomass into renewable transportation fuels.
09/27/2007 -- KNPC eyes 615,000 b/d Kuwaiti refinery for 2012
Kuwait National Petroleum Co.'s board has allocated a budget of 4 billion (KWD) for a 615,000 b/d refinery it intends to construct, according to state media.
09/25/2007 -- ExxonMobil to expand Rotterdam aromatics plant
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. plans to expand its Rotterdam aromatics plant in Botlek, the Netherlands, making it the company's largest paraxylene production facility.
09/21/2007 -- Motiva Port Arthur refinery expansion to proceed
Motiva Enterprises said a final decision has been made that allows the company to proceed with a 325,000 b/d expansion of its 285,000 b/cd refinery in Port Arthur, Tex.
09/19/2007 -- Rajasthan refinery no deterrent to Cairn's plans
Cairn India and India's ONGC, partners in Barmer field in Rajasthan, said they will not "go slow" in constructing a preheated pipeline to carry the waxy crude from the field.
09/18/2007 -- Russia should refine ESPO oil, restrict exports, exec says
Russia should restrict the amount of oil it plans to transport to China via the projected ESPO line, according to Rosneft Deputy President Dmitry Bogdanchikov.
09/17/2007 -- IPIC lets contract for Abu Dhabi-Fujairah oil line
Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Co. (IPIC) has awarded WorleyParsons an engineering and design contract for the 1.5 million b/d Abu Dhabi-Fujairah pipeline.
09/17/2007 -- PTT lets contract for Rayong gas separation plants
PTT has awarded contracts worth $1.1 billion to Samsung Engineering to build two gas separation plants, each capable of processing 800 MMcfd of gas.
09/13/2007 -- Sonatrach drops Spanish firms from Gassi Touil project
Sonatrach has taken sole control of the Gassi Touil integrated gas project in eastern Algeria and dismissed Repsol YPF and Gas Natural from the project development.
09/13/2007 -- Sinclair Tulsa plans refinery expansion
Sinclair Tulsa Refining Co. plans a major expansion of its 60,000 b/d Tulsa refinery.
09/13/2007 -- Argentina closes Shell refinery, alleges violations
Shell has defended standards at its Argentina operations after authorities in the Latin American country closed a company refinery near Buenos Aires on environmental grounds.
09/11/2007 -- SP Chemicals plans petrochemical complex in Vietnam
SP Chemicals Ltd., Singapore, has signed a tentative agreement with Vietnam to build a $5 billion petrochemical complex at Phu Yen, about 560 km northeast of Ho Chi Minh City.
09/11/2007 -- Saras to revamp Sarroch refinery visbreaker unit
Saras has completed a process license agreement with an affiliate of Shell Global Solutions International to revamp the visbreaker unit at the 300,000 b/cd Sarroch refinery in Sardinia, Italy.
09/10/2007 -- Pemex suspects sabotage in pipeline explosions
Petroleos Mexicanos said it suspects sabotage is behind six explosions on four natural gas pipelines and one LPG pipeline in Veracruz.
09/07/2007 -- ExxonMobil plans second Singapore steam cracker
ExxonMobil Chemical Co. plans to build a second world-scale steam cracker complex at its existing site in Jurong, Singapore (OGJ Online, Nov. 29, 1999).
09/06/2007 -- Total to build desulfurization unit at German refinery
Total SA will invest $163.6 million to construct a 1 million tonne/year desulfurization unit at its Leuna refinery in Germany by fall 2009.
09/05/2007 -- Brazil starts work on Abreu e Lima refinery
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sept. 4 officially launched construction on the $4.05 billion Abreu e Lima refinery outside Recife.
09/05/2007 -- Sinopec, CNPC plan to build 30 refineries in China
Sinopec and China National Petroleum Corp. are expanding their refining facilities in order to ease the country's tight oil supply, according to media reports.
08/30/2007 -- CEPSA lets fired heaters contract for Spain refinery
CEPSA has let a contract to Foster Wheeler for the design, material supply, construction, and erection of a crude heater, vacuum heater, and combustion air preheater system at its La Rabida refinery.
08/27/2007 -- Qatar Petroleum lets contract for 250,000 b/d refinery
State-owned Qatar Petroleum plans to build a grassroots refinery with 250,000 b/d capacity and other associated facilities in Messaieed, Qatar.

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