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07/05/2007 -- BP, D1 Oils form biodiesel feedstock venture
BP PLC and D1 Oils PLC will launch a joint venture company, D1-BP Fuel Crops Ltd., to mass-produce trees with inedible oilseeds for biodiesel feedstock.
07/05/2007 -- Faster work urged on Vietnamese projects
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has asked contractors to speed up construction of several oil and gas projects.
07/05/2007 -- Flood waters receding at Coffeyville refinery
Coffeyville Resources LLC workers began returning to administrative offices and some warehouses on July 4 at the company's refinery and nitrogen fertilizer plant in flooded Coffeyville, Kan.
07/03/2007 -- Syria outlines plans for three refineries
Syria plans to build three refineries that would process a combined 350,000 b/d of oil, Syrian Oil Minister Eng. Sufian Al Alao told OGJ in London.
07/02/2007 -- Exxsol Jurong Island fluids plant to be expanded
ExxonMobil Chemical said it will add 130,000 tonnes/year of capacity to its Exxsol hydrocarbon fluids plant in Jurong Island, Singapore, raising commercial production to more than 500,000 tonnes by yearend 2008.
06/28/2007 -- Siemens to supply equipment for propylene plants
Datang International Power Generation let a €20 million contract to Siemens Power Generation to supply core equipment for the world's first methanol-to-propylene plant to be built in China.
06/28/2007 -- CEPSA lets contract for hydrogen plant in Spain
Cia. Espanola de Petroleos SA (CEPSA) has awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for a hydrogen plant at its 100,000 b/cd refinery in Huelva, Spain.
06/27/2007 -- Shell to boost biofuels R&D investments
Shell plans to raise investment in biofuels R&D to improve energy security and help to lower carbon emissions, a senior executive said June 25 at a press briefing in London.
06/27/2007 -- BP, DuPont, and ABF propose UK biofuels plants
BP PLC, DuPont, and Associated British Foods have proposed the construction of a 420 million l./year bioethanol plant at Saltend, Hull, UK.
06/26/2007 -- Aramco lets contract for SRU at Khursaniyah plant
Saudi Aramco has let a basic design package contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for a 900 tonne/day sulfur recovery unit (SRU) for its Khursaniyah gas plant in Saudi Arabia.
06/21/2007 -- S-Oil to boost Onsan refinery's paraxylene output
S-Oil Corp. has started a project aimed at increasing paraxylene production at its 520,000 b/cd Onsan refinery and chemical complex in South Korea.
06/20/2007 -- API develops recommended practices for refineries
The American Petroleum Institute is issuing a new recommended practice covering the placement of portable structures at refineries and petrochemical plants.
06/18/2007 -- UK firm to build biodiesel plant in China
British biodiesel producer D1 Oils PLC plans to build a biodiesel plant in China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, the country's first such facilty using jatropha oil as a feedstock.
06/18/2007 -- EPA fines California refiner in wastewater case
The US Environmental Protection Agency has fined a California refinery operator $1 million and has sentenced the company to 3 years of probation for breaking federal drinking water laws.
06/15/2007 -- Private Hyperion plans Midwest US refinery
Privately held Dallas E&P firm Hyperion Resources announced plans to build a 400,000 b/d refinery in Union County, SD, or elsewhere in the US Midwest, according to the South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development.
06/14/2007 -- SCOB: Europe petrochemicals due for slowdown
France and Europe must expect a low petrochemical cycle in the medium term, warned Jean-Louis Besson, president of the French trade group Syndicat de la Chimie Organique de Base (SCOB), June 6 in Paris.
06/13/2007 -- Lyondell lets contract for Chinese chemical plant
Lyondell let a contract to Jacobs Engineering for design services related with the compnay's venture with Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery & Chemical for a POSM plant to be built in Ningbo.
06/11/2007 -- Quebec authorizes carbon emissions tax
Quebec has authorized Canada's first carbon emissions tax, effective Oct. 1.
06/08/2007 -- Sinopec to increase product exports through joint venture
Sinopec plans to increase its product exports by joining with Singapore-based companies ItalSing Petroleum and AP Oil to produce its brand-name lubricants for Asian Pacific markets.
06/07/2007 -- Daqing ethylene plant to double in size
China's National Development and Reform Commission has approved the expansion of an ethylene project in Heilongjiang Province, owned by PetroChina subsidiary Daqing Petroleum & Chemical Co.

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