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North American production boom pushes crude blending

May 6, 2013

Rapid growth of US and Canadian crude oil production in recent years is exceeding the capacity of pipeline infrastructure to deliver crudes to refiners, causing some crudes to become "stranded."

PROCESS SAFETY—1: Gas conditioning failures show need for design scrutiny

May 6, 2013

Review of certain oil and gas operations offers lessons on process safety to designers of gas conditioning.

KMEP expanding crude lateral to Sweeny refinery

May 3, 2013

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP is expanding its Sweeny Lateral pipeline running between the Kinder Morgan Crude Condensate (KMCC) pipeline and Phillips 66’s Sweeny refinery in Brazoria County, Tex.

Dow lets contract for Oyster Creek complex expansion, upgrade

May 2, 2013

Dow Chemical Co. let an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to Fluor Corp. for a propane dehydrogenation unit, an ethane cracker, and associated power, utilities, and infrastructure upgrades at its Oyster Creek complex in Freeport, Tex.

Tesoro halts Hawaii refinery crude runs

May 2, 2013

Tesoro Corp. stopped running crude at its 93,700-b/cd Hawaii refinery on Apr. 30.

Enbridge to build East Texas cryo plant

May 1, 2013

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Houston, will build a 150-MMcfd cryogenic natural gas processing plant near Beckville in Panola County, Tex., the company has announced, estimating the cost of the project at $140 million.

MARCELLUS/UTICA briefs

May 1, 2013

BAKKEN briefs

May 1, 2013

Rosneft, Mitsui sign petrochemical MOU

Apr 29, 2013

Rosneft and Mitsui & Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly build a large petrochemical complex in far eastern Russia.

OGJ Newsletter

Apr 29, 2013

International news for oil and gas professionals

Midland plans skyscraper

Apr 29, 2013

Developers early this month unveiled plans to build what they call Energy Tower City Center in Midland. Initial plans call for offices, condominiums, a hotel, retail space, and a movie theater.

CSB draft report says neglect led to Chevron Richmond refinery fire

Apr 29, 2013

A failure to apply an inherently safer design, identify and evaluate damage mechanism hazards, and use effective safeguards led to an Aug. 6, 2012, pipe rupture and vapor release that ignited and shut down the No. 4 crude oil unit at Chevron USA Inc.'s Richmond, Calif., refinery, the US Chemical Safety Board said in a draft report.

Watching Government: Broader questions at Richmond

Apr 29, 2013

Broader questions emerged as the US Chemical Safety Board released its draft report on its investigation of an Aug. 6, 2012, incident at Chevron USA Inc.'s Richmond, Calif., refinery.

Keyera, Plains explore Deep basin Alberta NGL pipeline

Apr 29, 2013

Keyera Corp. and Plains Midstream Canada ULC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline LP, are soliciting interest in construction of a jointly owned NGL system in northwest Alberta.

Satorp executive: Refinery 97% complete

Apr 25, 2013

Construction is 97% complete of the 400,000 b/d full-conversion Saudi Aramco Total Refinery & Petrochemicals Co. (Satorp) refinery at Jubail, Saudi Arabia (OGJ Online, Sept. 15, 2011).

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