Rising gas supply aids New Zealand methanol outlook
Mar 6, 2013
Greater availability of natural gas in New Zealand is behind the restart and expansion of methanol plants in New Zealand, said Methanex Corp., Vancouver, BC. |
2012 ethylene production bounces back; turnarounds in early 2013 to curb output
Mar 4, 2013
With parts of European still struggling with sovereign debt problems and key members of the European Union reconsidering the benefits and disadvantages of further economic and political integration, the global economic outlook for US petrochemical producers in 2013 is a little brighter than 6 months ago (OGJ, Sept. 3, 2012, p. 90), due to continued growth in the use of ethane as the primary ethylene feedstock. |
Democrat protests exclusion of EPA, DOE from House E15 hearing
Feb 27, 2013
Representatives from the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy should have been invited to testify at a hearing examining potential problems from EPA’s allowing gasoline with a 15% ethanol blend into the US market, the ranking minority member of a US House Science, Space, and Technology subcommittee suggested. |
Hess union widens buyer search for New Jersey refinery
Feb 25, 2013
The union representing employees at Hess Corp.’s 70,000 b/d Port Reading, NJ, refinery has expanded its search for a new owner. Hess announced Jan. 28 that it plans to close the plant at the end of February and complete its withdrawal from the refining business after losing money there in two of the last 3 years. |
Study: Catalyst demand to reach $19.5 billion in 2016
Feb 25, 2013
Global demand for petroleum refining, chemical synthesis, and polymerization catalysts will rise 5.8%/year to $19.5 billion in 2016, according to World Catalysts, a new study from the Freedonia Group Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. |
Keystone XL withstands GHG scrutiny, executive says
Feb 25, 2013
Canadians are ready to defend the proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project on a greenhouse gas reduction basis now that opponents have shifted their arguments to that arena, a TransCanada Corp. executive said. |
API, others appeal E15 standing ruling to US Supreme Court
Feb 21, 2013
The American Petroleum Institute and eight other trade associations asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a federal appeals court’s ruling that they lack standing to legally challenge the US Environmental Protection Agency’s introduction of gasoline with a 15% ethanol blend into the US market. |
Lukoil adding hydrocracker at Volgograd
Feb 19, 2013
Lukoil has let a contract to Tecnicas Reunidas of Spain covering a vacuum gas oil deep conversion complex at its 11 million tonne/year (tpy) Volgograd refinery in Russia. |
Study: Catalyst demand to reach $19.5 billion in 2016
Feb 19, 2013
Global demand for petroleum refining, chemical synthesis, and polymerization catalysts will rise 5.8%/year to $19.5 billion in 2016, according to World Catalysts, a new study from the Freedonia Group Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. |
Utica processing, fractionation near completion; more planned
Feb 18, 2013
Major cryogenic processing and NGL fractionation will come on stream in eastern Ohio late in the second quarter or early in the third quarter to handle Utica shale natural gas and liquids, with another plant planned for 2014. |
OGJ Newsletter
Feb 18, 2013
International news for oil and gas professionals |
Senators offer bill to halt EPA’s introduction of E15 gasoline
Feb 15, 2013
Two Republicans on the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduced legislation on Feb. 15 to keep the US Environmental Protection Agency from bringing gasoline with a 15% ethanol blend (E15) onto the market. |
CSB says Chevron’s Richmond refinery knew of problems before fire
Feb 14, 2013
The US Chemical Safety Board said Chevron Corp. was aware of a problem with a corroded pipe before an Aug. 6, 2012, fire at Chevron’s 240,000 b/d Richmond refinery in Martinez, Calif. |
Saudi lube-oil JV awards expansion contract
Feb 14, 2013
Saudi Aramco Lubricating Oil Refining Co. (Luberef) has contracted with Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to provide project management consulting for an expansion at Luberef’s lube oil refinery in Yanbu. |
CHS Inc. to link Laurel refinery to KMEP pipeline
Feb 14, 2013
CHS Inc. subsidiary Front Range Pipeline LLC will build a 7-mile connection in central Montana to link its Front Range crude oil pipeline with the Kinder Morgan Express Pipeline. |
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