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• 05/11/2011 -- Punjab refinery to start in June or July
  A joint venture of Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd., Mumbai, and Mittal Energy Investment Pte. Ltd., Singapore, soon will start up a 180,000 b/d grassroots refinery in the northern Indian state of Punjab.
• 05/10/2011 -- Gas plant in Avalon shale to restart
  Nuevo Midstream LLC, Houston, will recommission its refrigerated Joule-Thomson processing and fractionator near Orla, Tex., in far West Texas.
• 05/06/2011 -- Total inaugurates Port Arthur coker
  Total SA has inaugurated a deep conversion upgrade of its 175,000-b/d refinery at Port Arthur, Tex.
• 05/05/2011 -- Holly sees Tulsa crude unit back up next week
  Holly Corp., Dallas, expects to return the west crude unit at its Tulsa refinery to service early next week.
• 05/04/2011 -- BP, Davy move FT process toward market
  BP PLC and Davy Process Technology, London, have taken a step toward moving their technology for converting synthesis gas into a range of liquid products to the commercial market.
• 05/03/2011 -- JX Nippon Oil resumes shipments at Sendai refinery
  JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. May 3 resumed shipments of products from its Sendai refinery for the first time since the facility was damaged during the Mar. 11 earthquake that hit Japan.
• 04/28/2011 -- Chevron Products awards Mississippi refinery work
  Chevron Products Co. has awarded a $65 million contract to install base oil production at Chevron’s refinery in Pascagoula, Miss.
• 04/26/2011 -- Holly snuffs tank fire; shuts Tulsa crude unit
  Holly Corp., Dallas, said it has shut down the crude unit at the west facility of its Tulsa, Okla., refinery due to a mechanical failure that was discovered on Apr. 22.
• 04/22/2011 -- IPIC, Oman Oil sign cooperative agreement
  The Oman Oil Co (OOC) and Abu Dhabi’s state-owned International Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC) signed a cooperation agreement on investment projects in the sectors of oil, gas, and petrochemicals.
• 04/21/2011 -- Shell plans to convert Sydney refinery into terminal
  Shell Australia said it may convert its Clyde refinery in Sydney into a fuel import terminal since it can no longer compete with megarefineries in India and South Korea that produce more at lower cost.