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Processing 2007 P

  • 04/19/2007 -- Braskem, Pequiven to build petrochemical complex
    Petrochemical firms Braskem SA of Brazil and Pequiven of Venezuela have signed an agreement of intent to form two joint ventures to develop the Jose Complex petrochemical project in Venezuela.
  • 04/19/2007 -- Corn-based ethanol unit being built in France
    The first corn-based ethanol biofuels unit to be built in France is due on stream in October 2008. It is designed to produce 200,000 tonnes/year of bioethanol.
  • 04/18/2007 -- ConocoPhillips, Tyson Foods to make renewable diesel
    ConocoPhillips has teamed with meat producer Tyson Foods Inc. to produce diesel from animal fat and will spend $100 million over the next few years to upgrade several US refineries to enable production of the new diesel.
  • 04/17/2007 -- Problems for European refiners seen in EC sulfur proposals
    European refiners face new investment requirements at a difficult time, warns the International Energy Agency.
  • 04/16/2007 -- BP lets contract for Whiting refinery upgrades
    BP Products North America has let two major packages to Jacobs Engineering for work associated with a planned upgrade project to raise Canadian heavy crude processing at BP's 399,000 b/cd refinery in Whiting, Ind.
  • 04/13/2007 -- Chevron, Weyerhaeuser jointly assessing biofuels
    Chevron Corp. and Weyerhaeuser Co. agreed to jointly assess the feasibility of commercializing biofuels production from cellulose sources.
  • 04/12/2007 -- Federal judge fines Sinclair Tulsa Refining
    A federal judge ordered Sinclair Tulsa Refining Co. on Apr. 4 to pay a $5 million criminal fine and sentenced two of its former managers to 6 months of home detention and 3 years of probation for violating provisions of the US Clean Water Act.
  • 04/11/2007 -- China refinery due delayed coker heaters
    COPC let a supply contract to Foster Wheeler for two delayed coker heaters for a four-drum delayed coking unit to be installed at COPC's 250,000 b/d refinery in Huizhou, China.
  • 04/10/2007 -- Brazil to import palm oil to meet biodiesel mandate
    Brazil plans to step up its purchase of palm oil from Malaysia in order to meet a government mandate for a 2% biodiesel (B2) content in diesel starting Jan. 1, 2008.
  • 04/10/2007 -- UK gasoline sales up in '06 after long slide
    Gasoline sales in the UK reversed a 10-year slide last year, reports the Energy Institute, London.
  • 04/09/2007 -- Japan receives biomass ETBE for gasoline blending
    Japan has received its first-ever cargo of biomass fuel ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE), according to a leading Japanese ocean carrier.
  • 04/09/2007 -- China plans three petrochemical plants at Daqing
    Authorities in Daqing, China, near the projected terminus of Russia's East Siberia Pacific Ocean oil pipeline, are planning several large-scale petrochemicals developments.
  • 04/03/2007 -- Chinese agency okays petrochemical project
    China's NDRC has granted permission to Sinopec for the construction of an 800,000-tpy ethylene plant and downstream petrochemical facilities in Wuhan, Hebei Province (OGJ, July 10, 2006, Newsletter).
  • 04/02/2007 -- Shipments resume after French dockworker strike ends
    The strike that crippled the ports of Fos and Lavéra since Mar. 14 ended when 62 tankers and LPG and chemical carriers waiting outside the harbors began unloading operations Mar. 31.
  • 03/30/2007 -- French refineries slow, may shut down over strike
    Refineries at Fos and Lavéra, France, will begin to shut down Mar. 30 if the strike that started Mar. 14 is not lifted, said the oil companies' trade group Union Française des Industries Pétrolières (UFIP).
  • 03/30/2007 -- JV formed to expand Chinese refining, retail operations
    ExxonMobil Corp., Saudi Aramco, and Sinopec Mar. 30 announced two joint ventures aimed at expanding a Chinese petrochemical refinery and operating a chain of 750 retail outlets in China's Fujian Province.
  • 03/30/2007 -- JV to provide asset management at Suncor refinery
    Suncor Energy Inc. has let a 5-year, $1 billion (Can.) contract to Flint Transfield Services Ltd. for asset management services at its oil sands operations in Fort McMurray, Alta., and its 70,000 b/cd refinery in Sarnia, Ont.
  • 03/29/2007 -- Pertamina to import more LPG to counter shortfall
    Indonesia's state-owned PT Pertamina will import 50% more LPG in April to overcome a shortage in the domestic market, stepping up supplies to 18,000 tonnes from 12,600 tonnes in March.
  • 03/29/2007 -- JV set up in Brazil to manufacture seamless pipe
    Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd. said it will manufacture seamless pipes in Brazil through a joint-venture with Vallourec of France and Sumitomo Corp.
  • 03/27/2007 -- EPC contract let for Bavarian refinery upgrades
    BP PLC subsidiary Bayernoil has let a detailed engineering, procurement, and construction management services contract to Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. for work related to a $60 million upgrade project at the Vohburg refinery in Bavaria.