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Explosion rocks Williams’ Geismar, La., olefins plant

Jun 13, 2013

Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, reported an explosion occurred within its Geismar, La., olefins plant in Louisiana at 8:37 a.m. CST June 13.

Total to add hydrocracker at Antwerp

May 23, 2013

Total plans a €1 billion modernization of its Antwerp, Belgium, refining and petrochemical complex that will include new upgrading capacity at the 338,000-b/cd refinery.

BASF Total cracker revamped to run ethane

May 23, 2013 BASF Total Petrochemicals LLC (BTP) has completed a revamp of its steam cracker in Port Arthur, Tex., enabling the 1-million-tonne/year facility to process ethane, supply of which is increasing fro...

BP starts Cherry Point diesel hydrotreater

May 10, 2013

BP PLC has commissioned a diesel hydrotreater and hydrogen plant at its 234,000-b/d Cherry Point refinery at Blaine, Washington.

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.

CSB draft report says neglect led to Chevron Richmond refinery fire

Apr 15, 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 s...

Shell Australia looks to sell Geelong refinery

Apr 4, 2013 Shell Australia is looking for a buyer for its only refinery in southeastern Australia, the Geelong refinery, as part of Shell’s global strategy to concentrate investments on large-scale sites, suc...

Sinopec, PetroSA in Mthombo refinery accord

Apr 3, 2013 China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) said it has reached a cooperation framework agreement with Petroleum Oil & Gas Corp. of South Africa (PetroSA) “which enabled the companies to move forward t...

Repsol starts up Petronor delayed coker

Apr 3, 2013

Repsol has started up a 40,000-b/d delayed coker at the Petronor refinery at Muskiz near Bilbao, Spain, in a project that expands crude capacity to 240,000 b/d from 220,000 b/d.

EPA proposes sulfur cut in move toward California gasoline

Apr 1, 2013 US refiners would need to lower the sulfur content of gasoline to levels in place in Europe and elsewhere under a Mar. 29 proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency aimed at aligning federal r...

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