Shell, Repsol-YPF drop Iranian gas development plans
May 15, 2008
Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Repsol-YPF SA have suspended plans to develop Phase 13 of South Pars gas field in Iran as relations between the US and Iran deteriorate and development costs rise.
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Construction begins on Nghi Son refinery in Vietnam
May 14, 2008
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.
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MARKET WATCH: Energy prices rebound amid talk of production cuts
May 14, 2008
Energy prices rebounded May 13 amid speculation that Iran might cut its crude production by 400,000-1 million b/d beginning in June.
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Refiners' storm plans greatly improved, NPRA president says
May 14, 2008
Refiners have greatly enhanced their storm preparation procedures in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, reported NPRA Pres. Charles T. Drevna to a US Senate committee May 13.
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Venezuela, Ecuador to seek bids for new refinery
May 13, 2008
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.
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‘Design-build’ method useful for refinery project execution
May 12, 2008
Refiners can execute many projects at a lower cost and in less time using a “design-build” approach that bypasses the front-end engineering and design (FEED) package.
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OGJ Newsletter
May 12, 2008
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OTC: Nuclear, tidal energy to supplement fossil fuels
May 9, 2008
Various energy sources will be required in the future to help supplement fossil fuels, said speakers participating in an Offshore Technology Conference May 8 panel discussion on alternative energy.
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Senate Democrats introduce Consumer-First Energy Act
May 9, 2008
US Senate Democrats presented their legislative response to record high oil prices on May 7, introducing their energy bill 6 days after Republicans introduced theirs.
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ONGC selects UOP for petrochemical complex
May 9, 2008
ONGC Mangalore & Petrochemicals has let a contract to UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services, and equipment for an aromatics complex to be built in Mangalore, India.
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Use EPA rulemaking process to correct RFS shortcomings, Dingell urges
May 9, 2008
Critics of the expanded federal Renewable Fuels Standard should work with the Environmental Protection Agency as it develops rules instead of trying to rewrite or repeal the law, a leading House committee chairman said on May 6.
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Dingell: Use EPA rulemaking process to correct RFS shortcomings
May 8, 2008
Critics of the expanded federal RFS should focus on working with the US EPA as it develops rules instead of trying to rewrite or repeal the law, a leading US House committee chairman said on May 6.
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MARKET WATCH: Energy prices continue upward climb
May 7, 2008
Energy prices continued climbing to record highs May 6 "in a market that has managed to move strongly up on days of negative inputs" such as the strengthening US dollar last week, said Olivier Jakob at Petromatrix.
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Services/Suppliers
May 5, 2008
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US PROPANE—FOURTH-QUARTER 2007-FIRST QUARTER 2008: Improved US production blunts cold weather effects
May 5, 2008
Winter 2007-08 in the US was colder than any winter since 2002-03 and total heating degree days in the Northeast and upper Midwest were nearly equal to their 30-year averages.
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