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StatoilHydro hires KBR unit for Karsto gas plant work

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:30:50 GMT

August 24,2009 --

StatoilHydro has awarded two contracts to a subsidiary of KBR for gas plant work at its Karsto plant near Stavanger.

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Cartagena refinery storage tanks inspected

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:16:00 GMT

August 20,2009 --

Work is on track to expand and upgrade the Cartagena refinery to 150,000 b/d in Colombia by 2010.

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Sonangol EP lets contract for FCC units

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:16:00 GMT

August 20,2009 --

Sonangol EP let a contract to KBR Inc., Houston, to provide license and engineering services for grassroots fluid catalytic cracking units (FCC) and hydroprocessing technologies for the 200,000 b/d Sonaref refinery in Lobito, Angola, which is s.......

Shell to install HDS unit at Pernis refinery

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:50:50 GMT

August 20,2009 --

Royal Dutch Shell PLC is to install a $500 million hydrodesulfurisation plant at its 400,000 b/d Pernis refinery in the Netherlands.

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Second biodiesel plant starts up at Finland refinery

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:30:50 GMT

August 18,2009 --

Neste Oil Corp. began operating its second plant to produce renewable diesel in late July at the company’s main refinery at Porvoo, Finland.

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Pemex settles on new refinery site; to upgrade another

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:15:10 GMT

August 14,2009 --

Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) said it has settled on a site at Tula in Hidalgo state to construct a $9-billion refinery, and will modernize another facility at Salamanca in nearby Guanajuato state for $3 billion.

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BP, Martek to research sugar biofuels

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:56:00 GMT

August 13,2009 --

BP PLC has entered a partnership with Martek Biosciences Corp. to create biofuels from sugar.

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New Rockies, shale NGLs prompt fractionator at Mt. Belvieu

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:00:50 GMT

August 12,2009 --

Enterprise Products Partners LP announced recently plans to build a 75,000-b/d NGL fractionator at its Mont Belvieu, Tex., complex east of Houston.

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Sinopec, KPC pick Zhanjiang for refining, chemical complex

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:40:20 GMT

August 11,2009 --

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) said its joint refining and chemical complex with Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) is to be constructed on Donghai Island in Zhanjing city, near Hainan.

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HF release at Joliet refinery investigated

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:25:40 GMT

August 11,2009 --

The US Chemical Safety Board has sent an investigative team to ExxonMobil Corp.’s 240,000-b/d Joliet, Ill., refinery following an Aug. 6 propane and hydrogen fluoride release there.

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Shell China says no site selected for refinery

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:50:10 GMT

August 10,2009 --

Shell China Exploration and Production Ltd. (Shell China), aiming to correct earlier media reports, said no location has been decided yet for a planned refining and chemical complex, a joint project between itself, PetroChina, and Qatar Petrole.......

Utilities contract let for Yanbu refinery

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 17:10:30 GMT

August 8,2009 --

ConocoPhillips and Saudi Aramco have let an engineering and procurement services contract to KBR to prepare a utilities, interconnecting systems, and pipe racks package for their planned 400,000 b/d export refinery in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.

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PDVSA, Petrobras agree on Abreu e Lima refinery

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:10:50 GMT

August 6,2009 --

As predicted by Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) and Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) have finally reached agreement concerning the Abreu e Lima refinery under construction in.......

Uganda to study feasibility of refinery

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:20:40 GMT

August 4,2009 --

Uganda is considering construction of a 50,000-b/d refinery to produce fuel for local and regional markets, according to the Ministry of Energy and Minerals Development.

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Contract let for German refinery integration

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:36:00 GMT

August 4,2009 --

Shell Deutschland Oil GMBH has let an engineering, procurement, and construction management contract to Technip for integration of the 327,000-b/d Rheinland refinery near Cologne, Germany.

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French crude oil imports down in first half

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:36:00 GMT

July 27,2009 --

During the first half of 2009, France’s hydrocarbon port of Fos-sur-Mer on the French Riviera posted a 7% drop in oil imports intended for both for French and European refineries.

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Plans suspended for New Brunswick refinery

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:25:10 GMT

July 24,2009 --

Irving Oil and BP PLC have suspended plans to build a 300,000-b/d refinery at St. John, NB (OGJ, Mar. 24, 2008, Newsletter).

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RFA claim that API study backs E12 limit wrong, group says

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:40:30 GMT

July 23,2009 --

An ethanol advocacy group’s suggestion that an American Petroleum Institute study supports increasing allowable ethanol levels in gasoline to 12% is misleading, the oil industry trade association said.

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Kurdistan inaugurates refinery at Arbil

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:11:00 GMT

July 20,2009 --

Iraq’s Kurdistan region, eyeing a broader plan of industrialization, has inaugurated a new refinery near the capital city of Arbil, one of several planned for the area that will jointly process as much as 200,000 b/d.

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China approves Tianjin petrochemicals complex

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:36:00 GMT

July 20,2009 --

Construction of the $3 bilion petrochemicals complex in Tianjin, China, owned by Sinopec and SABIC is slated for completion in September.

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Total reports steamcracker unit explosion at Carling

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:50:40 GMT

July 17,2009 --

An explosion that occurred in the early afternoon of July 15 at Total Petrochemicals France’s steamcracker unit at the Saint-Avold-Carling site in eastern France killed two people and wounded six others.

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Sasol to establish GTL plant in Uzbekistan

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:45:50 GMT

July 17,2009 --

Sasol has formed a partnership with Petronas and Uzbekistan state oil and gas company Uzbekneftegaz to establish a 1.3 million tonne/year GTL plant in Uzbekistan.

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Costa Rica, China sign supplement to refinery agreement

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:30:40 GMT

July 17,2009 --

Costa Rica's state-owned refiner Refinadora Costarricense de Petroleo (Recope) and China National Petroleum Corp. have signed a supplement to their earlier agreement to build a joint venture refinery in the Central American country.

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Abu Dhabi awards $9 billion in gas project contracts

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:30:10 GMT

July 16,2009 --

Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd. (Gasco) has awarded more than $9 billion in lump-sum turnkey contracts for engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of its integrated gas development project at Ruwais and Habshan.

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PetroChina approved to buy stake in Japanese refinery

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:35:50 GMT

July 10,2009 --

China’s National Development and Reform Commission has approved a long-standing request by PetroChina International Co., a wholly owned unit of China National Petroleum Corp., to purchase a 49% stake in Nippon Oil’s 115,000-b/d Osak.......

Ukraine refinery hydrotreaters due revamp

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:05:50 GMT

July 10,2009 --

JSC Ukrtatnafta has let contract to CRI/Criterion Catalyst Co. Ltd. and Shell Global Solutions Eastern Europe BV for a revamp of two processing units at its 360,000-b/d refinery in Kremenchug, Ukraine.

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Deloitte foresees trouble for refining industry

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:20:50 GMT

July 10,2009 --

Refining margins in the US are likely to shrink in coming years because stricter fuel economy standards and rising mandates for blending ethanol and other biofuels will reduce gasoline demand, Deloitte LLP said in a recent study.

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Jubail hydrocracker, cat cracker contracts let

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:55:50 GMT

July 10,2009 --

Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petochemical Co. has let contract to Technip for two packages, including one covering hydrocracking and catalytic cracking units, for the 400,000 b/d export refinery it will build in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

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Venezuela acquires stake in Dominican Republic refinery

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:16:00 GMT

July 9,2009 --

The Dominican Republic, struggling to pay off oil debts to Venezuela, agreed to transfer a 49% stake in its 34,000-b/d, state-owned Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo SA (Refidomsa) to Venezuela’s state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA.......

Coker contract let for Jubail refinery

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:35:20 GMT

July 9,2009 --

Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Co. has let an engineering, procurement, and construction contract to Chiyoda Corp. and Samsung Engineering for a coker unit at the 400,000-b/d export refinery to be built in Jubail, Saudi Arabia........

Start-up delayed for Kuwait styrene unit

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:15:20 GMT

July 8,2009 --

Start-up of Kuwait Styrene Co.’s ethyl benzene styrene monomer unit in Kuwait has been delayed 4-8 weeks by a technical problem with an intermediate storage tank used in the production of styrene monomer.

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EPA extends RFS-2 comment deadline

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:10:20 GMT

July 2,2009 --

The US Environmental Protection Agency extended by 60 days the public comment period on proposed changes in its renewable fuel standard program, commonly called RFS-2.

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Enterprise opens central treating near Meeker plant

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:21:00 GMT

July 2,2009 --

Initial volumes of natural gas have begun flowing into the new central treating facility in Rio Blanco County, Colo., owned and operated by Enterprise Products Partners LP.

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Borouge to expand Abu Dhabi olefins complex

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:50 GMT

July 2,2009 --

Borouge, a joint venture of Borealis AS of Vienna and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co., plans to make its already expanding ethane-cracking complex in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest.

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Hellenic Petroleum buys Greek fuel assets from BP

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:30:10 GMT

July 1,2009 --

Hellenic Petroleum SA agreed to pay $500 million for BP PLC’s ground fuels marketing business in Greece to build up its marketing presence.

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Bidding resumes on Yanbu export refinery

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:15:10 GMT

July 1,2009 --

Bidding will resume on the second of two major refineries in Saudi Arabia for which work was delayed late last year.

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Total to sell Dutch refinery stake to Lukoil

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:45:40 GMT

June 30,2009 --

Total SA has exercised its preemptive rights to acquire a 45% share in the 147,000-b/d Vissigen refinery in the Netherlands from Dow Chemical and entered an agreement to sell the stake to Lukoil.

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ASSE: Valero says VPP helped its contractors

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:35:50 GMT

June 29,2009 --

Valero Energy Corp. said the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) helped its contractors implement comprehensive safety and health management systems. VPP is a cooperative program offered by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Oklahoma accused BP of gasoline price-fixing

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 21:20:20 GMT

June 26,2009 --

Oklahoma Atty. Gen. Drew Edmondson accused BP America Inc. and two subsidiaries of illegally manipulating gasoline prices and other refined products in a scheme said to have started in 2002.

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Total resolves Lindsey refinery dispute

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:16:00 GMT

June 26,2009 --

Total SA has settled a dispute with hundreds of contract workers that were fired from constructing a hydrodesulfurization unit (HDS) at its 200,000 b/d Lindsey refinery in the UK.

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Aramco, Sumitomo Chemical select JGC for Rabigh II study

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:00:20 GMT

June 24,2009 --

Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd., following their earlier memorandum of understanding, have selected JGC Corp. as the project management services contractor to conduct a planned feasibility study for the development of the Rabigh Pha.......

Workers at Lindsey refinery lose jobs in UK after strikes

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:26:00 GMT

June 19,2009 --

Hundreds of engineering workers at the 200,000 b/d Lindsey refinery in the UK have lost their jobs constructing a hydrodesulfurisation (HDS-3) unit following their unofficial strikes about planned redundancies.

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Clean-fuel specs strain South African refiners

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:10:10 GMT

June 18,2009 --

South African refiners will need to invest $4.95 billion by 2014 to comply with clean-fuel specifications, a senior Sasol SA official said earlier this month.

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Total-Aramco refinery in Jubail advances

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:40:10 GMT

June 18,2009 --

Saudi Aramco Total Refining & Petrochemical Co. has completed an “awarding plan” for engineering, procurement, and construction contracts for the 400,000-b/d refinery it will build in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

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Algeria gas project advances

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:45:40 GMT

June 16,2009 --

Algeria’s Sonatrach has hired Canada’s SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Montreal, to build natural gas handling facilities in eastern Algeria.

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Pertamina to increase domestic refining production

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:05:40 GMT

June 16,2009 --

Indonesian lawmakers were told state-owned PT Pertamina has developed a list of downstream projects for completion in the next few years to stop importing state-subsidized fuels.

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FACTS: 2008 Chinese LPG production, imports, demand drop

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:05:50 GMT

June 11,2009 --

Chinese refinery production of LPG fell for the first time in history last year.

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CERA index shows dip in downstream costs

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:16:00 GMT

June 10,2009 --

Design and construction costs of refineries and petrochemical projects declined during the past 6 months after a long increase.

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Shell to sell gasoline blended with cellulosic ethanol

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:20:20 GMT

June 10,2009 --

Royal Dutch Shell PLC on June 10 launched a month-long demonstration selling gasoline blended with 10% cellulosic ethanol at a Shell service station in Ottawa, Ont.

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API, NPRA ask EPA to consider delay of RFS-2 implementation

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:26:00 GMT

June 9,2009 --

Two leading US oil industry trade associations asked the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 9 to consider delaying for a year the implementation of the new renewable fuel standards.

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Texas suing BP Texas City refinery

By OGJ editors — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:20:50 GMT

June 5,2009 --

The Texas Attorney General’s Office is suing BP Products North America Inc. for 46 pollution violations at its Texas City, Tex., refinery, the site of a 2005 explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 170 others.

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Valero halts two US hydrocracker projects

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:06:00 GMT

June 4,2009 --Valero Energy Corp. has suspended plans to add hydrocrackers at two US refineries, citing its agreement to acquire a major refining interest in the Netherlands.....

CPA cites BP for alleged benzene violations at Indiana refinery

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:06:00 GMT

June 3,2009 --The US Environmental Protection Agency has cited BP Products North America Inc. on June 2 for allegedly violating federal air pollution regulations at its Whiting, Ind., refinery over a 5-year period.....

Chevron sells fuel marketing business in Haiti

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:06:00 GMT

June 3,2009 --Medley Capital Ltd. has agreed to buy Chevron Corp.'s fuels marketing business in Haiti for an undisclosed sum.....

Brazil remains committed to biofuels despite presalt finds

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:06:00 GMT

June 2,2009 --Brazil remains committed to developing biofuels despite last year's discovery of giant oil reserves in the presalt area of the Santos basin, according to a government official.....

Holly completes link in refinery expansion

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:06:00 GMT

June 2,2009 --Holly Corp. has completed a third 65-mile pipeline to carry intermediate products between segments of the New Mexico refinery it is expanding and upgrading to handle heavy oil.....

Nord Stream station to get large silica-gel plant

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 29 May 2009 15:05:00 GMT

May 29,2009 --What is being called the world's largest silica-gel natural gas-treatment plant in the world will be installed on the Nord Stream pipeline.....

Contract let for refinery control work

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT

May 28,2009 --ConocoPhillips let contract to Mustang for modernization of a distributed control system in the Rodeo segment of its 120,000-b/d San Francisco refining complex.....

New resid FCC unit in Taiwan due CO boiler

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 27 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT

May 27,2009 --CTCI Corp., Taipei, has let a contract to subsidiaries of Foster Wheeler AG for supply of a carbon monoxide boiler for a new 80,000-b/d residual FCC unit at CPC Corp.'s Talin refinery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.....

PetroChina buys into Singapore refiner

Tue, 26 May 2009 21:05:00 GMT

May 26,2009 --

China National Petroleum Corp. subsidiary PetroChina, taking a first-ever step away from its parent company, has agreed to pay $1.02 billion to Keppel Corp. for a minority stake in Singapore Petroleum Co.

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Iran to help Uganda construct refinery

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:05:00 GMT

May 26,2009 --Uganda President Yoweri Museveni, siding with officials of his government against plans by international oil companies, said his country will build a domestic refinery with Iranian assistance.....

Gassco briefly closed Kollsnes gas plant

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 25 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

May 25,2009 --Gassco AS briefly shut its 143 MMscmd Kollsnes gas processing plant on the Norwegian North Sea coast because of a condensate leak.....

China plans host of domestic petrochemical plants

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:05:00 GMT

May 19,2009 --China, concerned over forecasts of increased competition from Middle Eastern petrochemicals suppliers, reported plans to construct a host of domestic petrochemical plants.....

Kuwait, China agree to terms for Guangdong refinery

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:05:00 GMT

May 14,2009 --Kuwait and China have signed an agreement to establish a $9 billion, 300,000 b/d refinery at Zhanjiang, a city on the coast of Guangdong province in southwestern China.....

Kuwait, China agree to terms for Guangdong refinery

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:05:00 GMT

May 14,2009 --Kuwait and China have signed an agreement to establish a $9 billion, 300,000 b/d refinery at Zhanjiang, a city on the coast of Guangdong province in southwestern China.....

Senate panel hears pros, cons of strategic oil products reserve

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

May 13,2009 --Establishing a strategic products reserve could be challenging and costly, but would also increase the US's capacity to respond to oil supply interruptions, witnesses told a US Senate committee on May 12.....

Senate panel hears pros, cons of strategic oil products reserve

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 13 May 2009 14:05:00 GMT

Plant pulls helium from stranded Kansas gas

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:05:00 GMT

May 7,2009 --IACX Energy, Dallas, has started up what may be the world's smallest helium purification plant near Otis in Rush County in western Kansas.....

Fire-damaged Tyler, Tex., refinery restarts

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 01 May 2009 16:05:00 GMT

May 1,2009 --A Tyler, Tex., refinery is restarting after repairs to units damaged by a fatal last Nov. 20.....

Two refineries proposed for Indonesia's Batam Island

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:04:00 GMT

April 30,2009 --Indonesia's Setdco Group and its partner PT Intan Megah have sought permission to build a 300,000 b/d refinery at Tanjung Sauh on Batam Island near Singapore.....

BP wants end to US import tax on Brazilian ethanol

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:04:00 GMT

April 28,2009 --BP PLC has sent a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB), calling for its support in ending US import duties on Brazil's sugarcane-based ethanol.....

FTC proposes first motor fuel economy guide changes in 34 years

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:04:00 GMT

April 27,2009 --The US Federal Trade Commission has proposed amendments to its fuel economy guide for the first time since it adopted the guide in 1975.....

BMI sees 'no clear pattern' emerging for products market

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:04:00 GMT

April 21,2009 --Analyst BMI says weaker demand for diesel in road transport use, gas oil for manufacturing and industrial applications, and falling jet fuel consumption have acted in concert "to pull the rug from under the middle distillates market."....

Marsden Point refinery expansion under way

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:04:00 GMT

April 21,2009 --New Zealand Refining Co. Ltd. (NZRC) has begun construction on a 35,000-b/d expansion of its 107,000-b/d Marsden Point refinery.....

Aramco, Sumitomo to expand Rabigh petrochemicals

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:04:00 GMT

April 20,2009 --Saudi Aramco and Sumitomo Chemical Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding for phase two development of their $10.3 billion Petro Rabigh petrochemical joint venture.....

PetroChina selects Chevron for hydroprocessing unit

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:04:00 GMT

April 17,2009 --PetroChina Sichuan has awarded a contract to Chevron Lummus Global to provide residual desulfurization technology to the new processing facility in Pengzhou County, Chengdu City, in China's Sichuan province.....

Pemex to construct new refinery, refurbish another

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:04:00 GMT

April 16,2009 --Mexico's Petroleos Mexicanos will spend $12 billion to construct a refinery in Tula and upgrade an existing facility at Salamanca, according to Pemex Chief Executive Officer Jesus Reyes Heroles.....

Holly to buy, upgrade refinery in Tulsa

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:04:00 GMT

April 16,2009 --Holly Refining & Marketing has agreed to buy and plans to add diesel desulfurization capacity at Sunoco's 85,000-b/cd refinery in Tulsa.....

Qatar's Laffan refinery to open in July

[No Value Specified] — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:04:00 GMT

April 11,2009 --The start up of the 146,000 b/d Laffan condensate refinery in Ras Laffan City, Qatar, is scheduled for July.....

Marcellus gas plant work continues in Pennsylvania

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:04:00 GMT

April 9,2009 --In an update to its Marcellus shale activity in the Pennsylvania Appalachia, Range Resources Corp., Fort Worth, on Apr. 8 announced completion and commissioning in progress on a 30-MMcfd cryogenic gas processing plant in Washington County, south o.......

Placid Refining completes hydrotreater

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:04:00 GMT

April 3,2009 --Placid Refining Co. LLC completed its 20,000 b/d fluidized catalytic cracker gasoline hydrotreater at its refinery in Port Allen, La.....

Essar Oil becomes partner in Kenyan refinery

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:03:00 GMT

March 30,2009 --The Kenyan government has approved a year-old offer from Essar Oil & Gas Ltd., Mumbai, to buy a 50% stake in Kenya Petroleum Refineries Ltd.....

WoodMac: US refiners hardest hit by economy

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:03:00 GMT

March 25,2009 --US refineries most vulnerable to the economic downturn are those in the East and Gulf coast regions, and these refineries are experiencing utilization cuts and reduced throughputs, according to a recent WoodMac report.....

France struggles to meet 10% ethanol deadlines

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:03:00 GMT

March 25,2009 --The introduction in all service stations in France of the new "green" unleaded gasoline, incorporating 10% ethanol instead of the current 5%, will take longer than initially expected.....

NPRA: Speakers differ on ethanol 'blend wall' issues

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:03:00 GMT

March 24,2009 --Meeting specifications for renewable fuels in the US requires rapid growth in the use of E85 and, if the ethanol industry has its way, relaxation of the current 10% cap on gasoline for uses other than in flexible-fuel vehicles.....

Sumitomo Chemical bets big on Saudi petrochemical complex

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:03:00 GMT

March 23,2009 --The petrochemical complex Sumitomo Chemical is building in Saudi Arabia is the Japanese firm's biggest project in a quarter century.....

Kuwait cancels planned fourth refinery at Al Jour

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:03:00 GMT

March 23,2009 --Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah reported that the country has canceled plans to build a 630,000 b/d fourth refinery at Al Jour on the Persian Gulf coast near the Saudi Arabia border.....

Aramco, Sumitomo to expand Petro Rabigh facility

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:03:00 GMT

March 23,2009 --Saudi Aramco reported it plans to sign an agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Co. to develop Phase 2 of its refinery and chemicals complex in the port city of Rabigh on the Red Sea.....

Kuwait cancels planned fourth refinery at Al Jour

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:03:00 GMT

Aramco, Sumitomo to expand Petro Rabigh facility

[No Value Specified] — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:03:00 GMT

Axens lets contract for Kremenchug refinery

[No Value Specified] — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:03:00 GMT

March 21,2009 --Ukrainian holding company Ukrtatnafta has awarded Axens SA of Paris a contract for upgrading the gasoline pool at the 360,000 b/d Kremenchug refinery.....

Axens lets contract for Kremenchug refinery

[No Value Specified] — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 11:03:00 GMT

March 21,2009 --Ukrainian holding company Ukrtatnafta has awarded Axens SA of Paris a contract for upgrading the gasoline pool at the 360,000 b/d Kremenchug refinery.....

OFID criticizes first-generation biofuels

[No Value Specified] — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:03:00 GMT

March 20,2009 --First-generation biofuels are threatening food security in developing nations, and there is no guarantee that this approach will reduce GHGs and foster rural development, according to a recent report.....

Placid Refining gasoline hydrotreater starts up

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:03:00 GMT

March 19,2009 --A key part of an upgrade and expansion of Placid Refining Co.'s 55,000-b/d refinery at Port Allen, La., has started up, the contractor reported.....

Placid Refining gasoline hydrotreater starts up

[No Value Specified] — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:03:00 GMT

March 19,2009 --A key part of an upgrade and expansion of Placid Refining Co.'s 55,000-b/d refinery at Port Allen, La., has started up, the contractor reported.....

Vietnam to build LPG depot at Dung Quat

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:03:00 GMT

March 18,2009 --Vietnam's Petrovietnam Gas Corp. has begun construction of a liquefied petroleum gas depot and a tank truck station at the recently launched Dung Quat refinery.....

Motiva delays Port Arthur refinery expansion

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:03:00 GMT

March 18,2009 --Motiva Enterprises LLC has delayed until first-quarter 2012 the completion target for a project that will make its 285,000-b/d refinery at Port Arthur, Tex., the largest in the US.....

Motiva delays Port Arthur refinery expansion

[No Value Specified] — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:03:00 GMT

Foster Wheeler gets Whiting coker contract

[No Value Specified] — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:03:00 GMT

March 17,2009 --BP Products North America let an EPC management services contract to Foster Wheeler USA for a coker to be built at its 385,000 b/d Whiting, Ind., refinery.....

Chevron to sell stake in India refinery

[No Value Specified] — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:03:00 GMT

March 15,2009 --Reliance Industries Ltd. will buy back Chevron Corp.'s 5% stake in a 580,000 b/d refinery in Jamnagar, India, at the original price of $300 million.....