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Processing 2008 P
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03/25/2008 -- Iraq calls for pipeline equipment supply bids
Iraq's Oil Ministry has invited companies to submit detailed designs and bids to supply equipment for the construction of two oil pipelines between Iraq and Iran, each 50-75 km long. -
03/25/2008 -- Rosneft to build refinery at ESPO line terminus
OAO Rosneft Pres. Sergei Bogdanchikov said his firm plans to build a refinery near Nakhodka, at the terminus of the proposed East Siberia Pacific Ocean Pipeline. -
03/24/2008 -- Petrobras plans second ethanol pipeline in Brazil
Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA said it would sign a cooperation agreement with two Brazilian states for a second ethanol-only pipeline. -
03/24/2008 -- Hayan to build Jihar gas treatment plant
Hayan Petroleum Co. plans to construct a $454 million gas treatment plant in Jihar field on Syria's Hayan Block by first-quarter 2011. -
03/19/2008 -- Purvin & Gertz: World LPG supply, prices rising fast
Worldwide supply of LPG will expand particularly fast during the next 4-5 years, but record high prices have slowed demand in many developing markets, said Ken Otto of Purvin & Gertz. -
03/19/2008 -- Japanese refiners to push biofuels use by 2013
Petroleum Association of Japan Chairman Fumiaki Watari said Japanese refiners will aim to substitute biofuels for 500,000 kl/year of oil equivalent of fuels by the business year ending in March 2013. -
03/19/2008 -- Total responds to Donges refinery bunker oil spill
Total SA is cleaning up bunker oil that spilled Mar. 17 from a pipe leak at the company's Donges refinery in the Loire Atlantique district. -
03/18/2008 -- Repsol-YPF to build coker complex at Cartegena refinery
Repsol-YPF has awarded an EPC contract to Foster Wheeler Iberia for a new delayed coker complex at its refinery in Cartagena in southeastern Spain. -
03/18/2008 -- BP joins Irving in proposed Eider Rock refinery project
BP and Irving Oil, St. John, NB, have signed an MOU to work together on the next phase of engineering, design, and feasibility for the proposed 300,000 b/d Eider Rock refinery in St. John. -
03/18/2008 -- Iran signs final agreement for 'Peace' gas pipeline
Iran reported it will sign a final agreement to export gas via pipeline to Pakistan in April. -
03/17/2008 -- Loss of tax breaks hits new refinery projects
A sunset clause in Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram's 2008-09 budget for 100% tax exemption for oil refining projects after April 2009 could undercut refinery investments, opponents said. -
03/14/2008 -- Petrobras, Mitsui form Brazilian ethanol venture
Brazil's Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) is forming a 50:50 joint venture with Mitsui & Co. Ltd. of Japan for investments in renewable energy. -
03/14/2008 -- Bronzeoak, PetroVietnam unit to build bioethanol plant
The UK's Bronzeoak entered into an agreement with PetroVietnam Tourism & Service Co. to build a bioethanol production plant in the Dung Quat Economic Zone of Quang Ngai province. -
03/12/2008 -- NPRA: Valero looking to sell three refineries
Valero Energy Corp. is conducting a "strategic alternative review" of three of its refineries in an effort to possibly sell them, according to Chief Executive Officer Bill Klesse. -
03/12/2008 -- ExxonMobil lets Singapore plant engineering, management
ExxonMobil authorized Mustang Engineering to proceed with detailed engineering design and construction management for the process control of a second world-scale steam cracker complex in Singapore. -
03/11/2008 -- Engro seeks JV for Algeria fertilizer plant
Pakistan urea producer Engro Chemical Pakistan is interested in entering a JV with Algerian state iron ore and mining firm Perphos to build a phosphatic fertilizer complex in Algeria. -
03/11/2008 -- Total lets contract for Port Arthur refinery work
Total SA let a $1.9 billion contract to Fluor Corp. for engineering, procurement, and construction of certain units at Total's Port Arthur, Tex., refinery. -
03/10/2008 -- Chevron tests heavy oil hydrocracking technology
Chevron Corp. plans to build a precommercial plant at its 330,000 b/d Pascagoula, Miss., refinery to test the technical and economic viability of a technology to upgrade heavy oil. -
03/07/2008 -- 'We ought to be encouraging investment in oil and gas close to home'
President George W. Bush, in a Feb. 28 press conference, on what he would advise consumers facing the prospect of paying $4 for a gallon of gasoline as some analysts have predicted. -
02/29/2008 -- Senate energy panel to examine US oil inventory policies
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on Feb. 26 to examine US oil inventory policies, including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
