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Processing 2007 P
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08/27/2007 -- Germany suffers oil supply shortfall from Russia
Over the last month Germany has suffered a one-third shortfall in oil supplies from Russia via the Druzhba oil pipeline network. -
08/24/2007 -- BP will not raise discharge limits at Whiting refinery
BP America Inc. on Aug. 23 promised to operate its 399,900 b/cd Whiting, Ind., refinery to meet the lower discharge limits specified in its previous wastewater treatment permit. -
08/23/2007 -- Existing levels of refinery emissions acceptable, EPA says
EPA reported that existing levels of toxic air pollutants released from US refineries do not require further controls to protect human health or the environment. -
08/22/2007 -- NPRA: US refining capacity climbed 0.6% in 2006
US refining capacity grew 0.6% during 2006 to 17.4 million b/cd of distillation capacity and 18.4 million b/sd as of Jan. 1, reported NPRA in its annual refining and storage report. -
08/21/2007 -- Hammerfest LNG plant processes first Snohvit gas
Statoil ASA said the gas processing facility at the Hammerfest LNG plant in northern Norway has received gas from Snohvit field on Aug. 21. -
08/20/2007 -- Nigeria's DPR assesses 26 refinery applications
Nigeria's Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR) has received 26 applications from private companies wishing to build refineries in Nigeria. -
08/20/2007 -- Coffeyville Resources restarts flooded processing units
Coffeyville Resources said it has restarted most of the units at its 100,000 b/cd refinery in Coffeyville, Kan., after a flood of the Verdigris River caused the shut down of the facility in early July. -
08/17/2007 -- Valero reports Port Arthur coker problem
Valero Energy Corp. reported a breakdown in its coker unit at its 325,000 b/d Port Arthur refinery, spokesman Bill Day said Aug. 16. -
08/17/2007 -- OMV to upgrade European refineries
OMV, planning a program of upgrades in its European refineries, said it will shut down its 69,280 b/d Petrobrazi refinery in Romania for upgrades sooner than originally planned. -
08/15/2007 -- SK Energy to add 60,000 b/d RFCC unit at Ulsan
Prompted by rivals at home and abroad, South Korean refiner SK Energy Co. may increase gasoline exports next year after a 60,000 b/d residual fluid catalytic cracker starts operations. -
08/14/2007 -- Nigeria seeks 400,000 b/d new refining capacity
Nigeria hopes to add 400,000 b/d of new refining capacity by 2011-12 with joint venture partners, according to Nigerian media reports. -
08/09/2007 -- Petronor to upgrade Spanish delayed coking complex
Petronor named Foster Wheeler Iberia to engineer, procure, and construct a 36,000 b/sd delayed coking complex for Petronor's 220,000 b/d Somorrostro refinery at Bilbao in Spain. -
08/09/2007 -- Aramco lets service contract for Karan gas facilities
Saudi Aramco has let a FEED and program management services contract to two units of Foster Wheeler Ltd. for the planned Karan onshore gas processing facility at Khursaniyah, Saudi Arabia. -
08/07/2007 -- Shell approved for ProJet acquisition in Malaysia
Shell has received Malaysia's approval to acquire 100% of ConocoPhillips's wholly owned subsidiary Conoco Jet (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., which operates the ProJet retail marketing assets in Malaysia. -
08/06/2007 -- Navajo FCC unit shutdown curtails production
Holly Corp., Dallas, reported an operational malfunction in the fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) unit at its 60,000 b/cd Navajo refinery in Artesia, NM, resulting in a reduced crude charge rate of about 30,000 b/d. -
08/03/2007 -- CPC taps ABB Lummus for petrochemical work
CPC Corp., Taiwan, has let a contract to ABB Lummus Global for a petrochemical complex to be built in Lin Yuan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. -
08/03/2007 -- Petrochina refineries to get Axens units
PetroChina Co. Ltd. will use Axens technology for deep hydrodesulfurization of FCC gasoline in new units at two refineries. -
08/02/2007 -- Secure Energy to produce synthetic gas from coal
Secure Energy Inc. has ordered two entrained-flow gasifiers from Siemens Power Generation for a gasification plant in Decatur, Ill., that will produce natural gas from coal. -
08/02/2007 -- Shell agrees to sell three French refineries
Royal Dutch Shell has signed deals to sell three French refineries to Basell Polyolefins, Hoofddorp, the Netherlands, and Petroplus Holdings AG, Zug, Switzerland. -
08/02/2007 -- Slavneft-Yanos eyes Russian refinery upgrade
Slavneft-Yanos, owned by TNK-BP and Gazpromneft, has let a consulting support contract to a unit of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for a planned upgrade of its 300,000 b/sd refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia.
