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04/15/2008 -- UK launches 2.5% biofuels transport requirement
Environmentalists and charities have criticized the UK's requirement that all fuels must have 2.5% of biofuels, claiming the measure is raising food prices and damaging the environment.
04/15/2008 -- CTL deemed 'credible' fuel option despite drawbacks
CTL appears to be one of the more credible alternatives to oil "for the long-term supply of transport fuels," said IFP Pres. Olivier Appert in a keynote address concluding the World CTL conference in Paris Apr. 3-4.
04/14/2008 -- Saudi Arabia to take bids on proposed Jizan refinery
Saudi Arabia will begin entertaining bids for the construction and operation of a new refinery at Jizan, according to the Saudi oil ministry.
04/11/2008 -- Nippon Oil to shutter Toyama refinery
Nippon Oil, Japan's largest refiner, will shutter its smallest refinery, the 60,000 b/d Toyama facility operated by unit Nihonkai Oil Co., according to press reports.
04/11/2008 -- 'This majority remains tied to a dogma'
House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.), after the EIA released figures on April 4 which indicate US reliance on oil from OPEC members grew from 50.9% of total crude imports in 2006 to 57.6% in 2007.
04/08/2008 -- ACS: Preparation method key to HDS catalyst performance
Oxford Catalysts will announce, in a presentation Apr. 9 at the ACS meeting in New Orleans, that a new approach to catalyst preparation could provide major improvements in the performance of HDS catalysts.
04/04/2008 -- Sasol proposes Project Mafutha CTL plant
Sasol Technology has hired Foster Wheeler South Africa to carry out a prefeasibility study for the Project Mafutha coal-to-liquids plant in South Africa.
04/04/2008 -- Refiners plan to reduce runs to maximize gasoline profits, CFA charges
Consumers face high gasoline prices despite reduced consumption, ample supplies and increased ethanol production because speculators are driving crude oil prices higher and refiners plan to reduce runs, the Consumer Federation of America charged on Mar. 26.
04/03/2008 -- Sinopec plans refinery as CNOOC moves to compete
Sinopec Group has proposed building a 300,000 b/d refinery in Zhejiang province, according to a report in China Business News.
04/02/2008 -- World biofuels demand rising, independent report says
World biofuels demand is expected to expand at 19.5%/year to 92 million tonnes in 2011, Freedonia Group said in a report.
04/02/2008 -- Cuba's Cienfuegos refinery on line; expansion mulled
Processing at Cuba's 65,000 b/d Cienfuegos refinery is on schedule 2 months into operations with gasoline output beginning in March and expansion plans on the drawing board, according to a senior official.
04/02/2008 -- Petrobras buys into, will upgrade Nishihara refinery
Brazil's Petrobras has acquired an 87.5% stake in the 100,000 b/d Nishihara refinery in Okinawa owned by Japan TonenGeneral Sekiyu, the Japanese subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corp.
03/28/2008 -- China faces diesel, gasoline shortages
China is facing shortages of diesel and gasoline as the gap widens between rising international crude prices and centrally controlled fuel markets.
03/28/2008 -- Group plans Vietnam refinery, petrochemical complex
Japan's Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals will join Kuwait Petroleum International and Petrovietnam to build a ¥600 billion petrochemical complex in Vietnam that will include a 200,000 b/d refinery.
03/27/2008 -- PetroChina's Dushanzi refinery nears completion
China National Petroleum Corp. said the Dushanzi refinery, operated by subsidiary PetroChina Co. Ltd. as part of a larger petrochemical facility, will begin trial operations in August.
03/27/2008 -- Oman Shipping starts $4 billion fleet expansion
Oman's state-owned Oman Shipping Co. (OSC) plans to spend $4 billion in the next 3-4 years to expand its fleet as part of the country's latest effort to upgrade its oil industry.
03/26/2008 -- Siam Cement plans Vietnamese petrochemical plant
Thailand's Siam Cement PLC has formed a partnership with two Vietnamese state firms to build a world-scale, $4 billion petrochemical complex in southern Vietnam.
03/26/2008 -- Shell, Virent collaborating to develop biogasoline
Royal Dutch Shell signed a 5-year R&D agreement with Virent Energy Systems, Madison, Wis., involving technology to convert plant sugars directly into gasoline blend components.
03/26/2008 -- Galp Energia forms biofuels venture in Mozambique
Galp Energia and Visabeira Mocambique have formed Mocamgalp to set up a biofuels plant in Mozambique and export vegetable oil for use as biodiesel in Portugal.
03/25/2008 -- Saras lets revamp contract for Sardinia refinery
Saras has awarded an EPCM contract to Foster Wheeler Italiana to renovate the mild hydrocracking unit at its Sarroch refinery in Sardinia, Italy.

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