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Processing 2008 P
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06/12/2008 -- Costs derail Petronas' planned 100,000 b/d Sudan refinery
Malaysia's Petronas has deferred plans for its 100,000 b/d refinery project in Sudan due to rising costs, according to a senior company official. -
06/10/2008 -- Pakistan PVC producer to raise plant capacity
Pakistan's primary PVC resin producer, Engro Asahi Polymer & Chemicals, is planning to expand its PVC resin production capacity by 50,000 tonnes/year to 150,000 tpy. -
06/06/2008 -- Jorf Lasfar refinery plan in Morocco moves ahead
Abu-Dhabi's state-owned IPIC has approved a plan for construction of a refinery at Jorf Lasfar in Morocco, the latest of several projects announced for the port on the country's Atlantic seaboard. -
06/05/2008 -- S. Dakota residents okay land rezone for proposed refinery
Residents of Union County, SD, have approved the rezoning of farm land north of Elk Point for privately held Hyperion Resources to build a proposed refinery. -
06/05/2008 -- IAG lets contract for CCRL refinery expansion
International Alliance Group has awarded a design services contract to Mustang Engineering for the CCRL $1.9 billion refinery expansion project in Regina, Sask. -
06/05/2008 -- Saudi Arabia delays again bids for Jizan refinery
Saudi Arabia has delayed for the third time a tender for bids for a projected 250,000-400,000 b/d refinery in the southwestern province of Jizan, according to local media. -
06/05/2008 -- Saudi Arabia again delays bids for Jizan refinery
Saudi Arabia has delayed for the third time a tender for bids for a projected 250,000-400,000 b/d refinery in the southwestern province of Jizan, according to local media. -
06/04/2008 -- Aramco taps Axens for Jubail refinery units
Aramco and Total have awarded a contract to Axens to design a 32,000 b/d vacuum gas oil fluid catalytic cracker and other units for the planned 400,000 b/d refinery in Jubail. -
06/02/2008 -- StatoilHydro contracts for refinery simulator
StatoilHydro has let a contract to Honeywell International for a plant process simulator and operator training system that will be used at the company's Kalundborg refinery in Denmark. -
05/30/2008 -- North West Upgrading awards KBR LCFining prefab
Privately owned North West Upgrading has awarded KBR a $275 million (Can.) contract to construct and fabricate an LCFining processing system for the heavy-oil upgrader it is building in Sturgeon County, Alta. -
05/23/2008 -- FTC offers glimpse of how it will develop new oil market investigation authority
When he came before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on May 14, Federal Trade Commission Chairman William E. Kovacic told the subcommittee's chairman, Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), exactly what he wanted to hear. -
05/19/2008 -- Navajo refinery FCC unit down for repair
The Navajo Refinery in Artesia, NM, is operating at reduced rates because the FCC unit has been shut down for repairs. -
05/16/2008 -- PDVSA, Galp Energia plan LNG, oil projects
Portugal's Galp Energia and Venezuela's PDVSA have signed five cooperation agreements concerning energy projects for oil, renewable energy, and natural gas, including two LNG liquefaction plants. -
05/16/2008 -- Aramco, ConocoPhillips plan Yanbu refinery
Saudi Aramco and ConocoPhillips have approved continued funding for the development of the Yanbu export refinery project. -
05/16/2008 -- Total, Aramco plan 400,000 b/d Jubail refinery
Saudi Aramco and Total SA will construct a 400,000 b/d full-conversion refinery in Jubail city on Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf coast. Operations are expected start in 2012. -
05/16/2008 -- 'There are solutions to this problem, but this isn't one of them'
Sen. James N. Inhofe (R-Okla.), in remarks on the Senate floor after Democrats introduced their energy bill as an amendment to flood insurance legislation on May 8. -
05/14/2008 -- Construction begins on Nghi Son refinery in Vietnam
Construction has begun on Vietnam's $6 billion Nghi Son refinery and petrochemical project in Thanh Hoa province, following directives issued by the country's prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung. -
05/13/2008 -- Linde, Waste Management to convert landfill gas into LNG
Linde Group and Waste Management Inc. plan to build a $15 million plant in California to convert landfill methane gas into LNG to fuel 300 trash trucks and recycling collection vehicles. -
05/13/2008 -- Venezuela, Ecuador to seek bids for new refinery
Venezuelan and Ecuadoran state-owned oil and gas companies PDVSA and Petroecuador plan to form a joint venture company to build and operate a 300,000 b/d refinery on Ecuador's Pacific Coast. -
05/09/2008 -- Tesoro R&M agrees to civil penalty for air violations
San Francisco's Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced that Tesoro R&M has agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle air-quality violations at its 166,000 b/d Golden Eagle refinery.
