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Prudential Securities: European heat wave could reduce market supplies of chemicals, refined products
By OGJ editors HOUSTON, Aug. 18 -- A European heat wave has began to restrain chemical and refining operations , and one analyst says that if the heat wave continues and more plants reduce operating rates then market supplies possibly could …
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Shell, Mobil to form Australian refining JV
… Ltd. and Mobil Oil Australia Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to combine their Australian refining operations into a new 50-50 joint venture. If approved, the move will create a firm with 400,000 b/d of refining capacity …
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KUWAIT AIMS FOR UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM GROWTH
… million b/d beyond 2000. At the same time, its intends to add refining capacity at home and in Europe and begin refining operations in Asia. Nader Sultan, deputy chairman and managing director of Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC), told a conference …
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TOSCO TO PURCHASE WASHINGTON STATE REFINERY FROM BP
Tosco Corp., Stamford, Conn., is expanding its refining operations on the U.S. West Coast. The Stamford, Conn., company agreed to buy BP Oil Co.'s 85,000 b/d Ferndale, Wash., refinery …
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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION VISE SQUEEZING U.S. REFINERS
Patrick Crow Washington Editor Environmental regulations are dogging nearly every aspect of U.S. refining operations , threatening the existence of small plants and the future profitability of larger ones. The industry is beset by government requirements …
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MOBIL REFINERIES SET PLANT RECORDS FOR 1991
Mobil Corp. refining operations set numerous records last year despite volatile markets for oil and petroleum products. In the U.S., where Mobil has a total …
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CALIFORNIA REFINERY CALLS A HALL TO PROCESSING
California's tough refining operations have claimed another victim. Pacific Refining Co., Long Beach, will halt processing at its 50,000 b/d Hercules, Calif …
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Cenovus hikes Canada oil sands, conventional output
… sales price the company received compared with the same period a year earlier, but the lower oil prices benefited refining operations , Cenovus noted. Combined oil sands production at Foster Creek and Christina Lake averaged 100,347 b/d, up …
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Capital spending in US, Canada to rise led by pipeline investment boom
… Aruba refinery and reorganize the site as a refined products terminal. Tesoro Corp. reported that it will halt refining operations at its 93,700-b/d Kapolei refinery in Hawaii during April and convert the refinery to an import, storage …
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The US EPA's proposed new particulate matter limits, which the White House OMB is reviewing, should be rejected, an API official urged
… causes.” The proposed regulation potentially could adversely affect exploration and production, as well as refining , operations , he warned. “We’re telling EPA that it shouldn’t tighten standards now when we’re trying to add …
