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Processing 2008 P

  • Tue Dec 23 10:12:00 CST 2008 -- Pakistan utility damages refinery pipeline
    Pakistan Sui Southern Gas Co. suspended six senior executives for negligence, and the utility accepted responsibility for damage to a Pak-Aab Refinery Ltd. (Parco) oil pipeline.
  • Fri Dec 19 17:12:00 CST 2008 -- Irving Oil lets New Brunswick refinery contract
    Irving Oil Ltd. has selected Fluor Canada, a subsidiary of Fluor Corp., to perform front-end engineering design for a proposed $7 billion, 300,000-bpd refinery to be constructed in St. John, New Brunswick, 65 miles from the US border.
  • Thu Dec 18 11:12:00 CST 2008 -- Equistar to temporarily idle olefins unit
    Equistar Chemicals LP temporarily will idle its olefins unit at Chocolate Bayou, Tex., because of declining market and economic conditions. Equistar Chemicals is an indirect subsidiary of LyondellBasell.
  • Wed Dec 17 15:12:00 CST 2008 -- Questar, Enterprise begin White River hub operations
    Questar Pipeline and Enterprise Products Operating have started service on the White River hub in Rio Blanco county, Colo., connecting Enterprise's gas processing plant at Meeker with four interstate lines.
  • Tue Dec 16 13:12:00 CST 2008 -- Dominican Republic buys Shell's refinery share
    The Dominican Republic has become the sole owner of the 31,000 b/d Refidomsa refinery at Haina after Shell Petroleum NV completed transferring its 50% stake.
  • Mon Dec 15 16:12:00 CST 2008 -- Cuba, Venezuela sign new accords on oil, gas
    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, have signed agreements to expand the capacity of two refineries in Cuba and to construct a third one.
  • Mon Dec 15 09:12:00 CST 2008 -- Alaska, Flint Hills ponder North Pole refinery's fate
    Alaska's state government and Flint Hill Resources will begin a joint effort to position the company's refinery at North Pole for long-term success, Gov. Sarah H. Palin announced on Dec. 10.
  • Fri Dec 12 12:12:00 CST 2008 -- Japan's refining industry 'oversupplied,' executive says
    Oversupply will persist in Japan's refining industry, and further consolidations will be necessary if demand continues to decline, according to Kenichi Matsui, managing director, finance, at Idemitsu Kosan Co.
  • Thu Dec 11 12:12:00 CST 2008 -- Technostar, Telloil delay refinery construction
    Technostar Management and its partner Telloil have postponed the construction of a $1.7 billion refinery in central Vietnam due to slow site clearance, according to state media.
  • Tue Dec 09 14:12:00 CST 2008 -- Sonangol lets work contract for Lobito refinery
    Sonangol has let an EPC management services and site development contract to KBR for the 200,000 b/d Lobito refinery in Angola.
  • Mon Dec 08 17:12:00 CST 2008 -- PetroSA awards contract for South African refinery
    PetroSA has let a feasibility and front-end engineering and design contract to KBR for its 400,000 b/d refinery in the Coega industrial development zone outside Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
  • Tue Dec 02 16:12:00 CST 2008 -- PDVSA: Ecuadorian refinery still 'on track'
    Venezuela's PDVSA, contradicting earlier remarks by a senior company official, has no plans to change its schedule for the construction of a refinery in Ecuador.
  • Tue Nov 25 09:11:00 CST 2008 -- Total, Aramco delay Jubail refinery project
    Total SA said the award of construction tenders for its $10 billion Jubail refinery joint venture with Saudi Aramco has been delayed because of uncertainties in global financial markets.
  • Sat Nov 22 07:11:00 CST 2008 -- Pakistani retail outlets seek 5% commission on fuel
    Pakistan Petroleum Dealers Association Chairman Abdul Sami Khan has urged the government to raise the commission received by retail outlet owners to 5% of the consumer price.
  • Fri Nov 21 11:11:00 CST 2008 -- Egypt Hydrocarbon lets contract for PE units
    Egypt Hydrocarbon has let a contract to KBR to complete a pre-FEED study for two polyethylene units at its proposed petrochemical complex to be built 15½ miles from Suez near the Red Sea.
  • Thu Nov 20 12:11:00 CST 2008 -- Oil Search eyeing Papua New Guinea petrochemicals
    Oil Search has signed an MOU with Papua New Guinea and Japan's Itochu and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical to carry out a feasibility study into development of a petrochemical project in Papua New Guinea.
  • Wed Nov 19 16:11:00 CST 2008 -- China, Costa Rica develop joint refinery plans
    Costa Rica's Recope and China's CNPC are jointly considering plans for the construction of a refinery in the Central American country.
  • Mon Nov 17 12:11:00 CST 2008 -- Saipem scoops €1.3 billion Algerian LPG contract
    Sonatrach has let a €1.3 billion contract to Saipem SPA to develop an LPG processing facility at the Hassi Messaoud oil and gas complex in central Algeria, about 900 km southeast of Algiers.
  • Mon Nov 17 12:11:00 CST 2008 -- Saipem scoops €1.3 billion Algerian LPG contract
    Sonatrach has let a €1.3 billion contract to Saipem SPA to develop an LPG processing facility at the Hassi Messaoud oil and gas complex in central Algeria, about 900 km southeast of Algiers.
  • Fri Nov 14 12:11:00 CST 2008 -- Ecopetrol awards Colombia refinery upgrade contract
    Ecopetrol has awarded contracts for FEED and PMC to Foster Wheeler USA and Process Consultants for the Barrancabermeja refinery upgrade project in Colombia.
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