Subject: New Refinery Projects for Dec. ‘07
New refinery projects are reported monthly to Valves: World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n028. Here are the project titles for the month of Dec. ‘07.
REFINERY UPDATE
December 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Valero has Refinery Fire in Port Arthur, Texas
Valero to Spend $1.4 Billion Expanding Its Louisiana Refinery
Tesoro Uncertain when Hawaii Refinery Unit will again Produce after Storm Damage
Exxon Reports Los Angeles Refinery Flaring, Upset
Analysts Say Sunoco to Sell Tulsa Refinery
BP Texas Refinery Ramp-Up May Stretch Into Late November
NTR Retains Foster Wheeler for Engineering Work at Bakersfield CA Refinery
UOP’s New Slurry Hydrocracking Tech for Heavy Crude, Bitumen
Refinery Gets Nod from North Sioux Development Group
Delaware Refinery's Former Owner, Motiva Hit with $650,000 Penalty
Quebec, Texas Refinery Expansions Pushed To 2011 by Valero
BP Texas Refinery Ramp-Up May Stretch Into Late November
NTR Retains Foster Wheeler for Engineering Work at Bakersfield CA Refinery
UOP’s New Slurry Hydrocracking Tech for Heavy Crude, Bitumen
Marathon Forging Ahead on $1.9 Billion Refinery Expansion
BP L.A. Refinery Reports Mechanical Problem Triggers Sulfur Dioxide Release
Valero Net Falls and Puts Aruba Refinery on Block
KBR Wins Contract for Canadian Gasifer Unit
Repairs Underway at Canada’s Scotford Upgrader after Gas Leak
Irving Submits Environmental Plan for New Refinery
$2 Billion Refinery Upgrade Key to PetroCan's Oilsands Strategy
Dominican Government to Buy Shell’s 50 Percent Stake in Refinery
China and Russia Agree to Build Oil Refinery in Tianjin
Shell Loses to BP on Chinese Refinery
Essar to Invest $6 Billion to Expand Refinery
Pertamina, Wahana to Build $20 Million Refinery in East Java
China's CNPC to Acquire Stake in Malaysian Oil Refinery
Foreign Firms to Build $1.7 Billion Oil Refinery in Central Vietnam
Total Says No Leaks in Gonfreville's Cracking Unit
ConocoPhillips says Irish Whitegate Refinery no longer for Sale
Lithuania's Mazeikiu Refinery Online after Two-month $80 Million Upgrade
Lukoil Awards Foster Wheeler CFB Contract for Romania Refinery
Foster Wheeler to Supply Steam Generator to Lukoil Romania
Saras Considers Investment Ideas for Several Sarroch Refinery Upgrade Projects
WoodMac to Consult for UK Upgrader Project
BPCL Joins Race for Kenya Petroleum Refinery
South Africa’s Coega Industrial Zone in Line for 200,000 bpd Oil Refinery and LNG Terminal
Tatneft Eyes Courts over Ukraine Oil Losses
Iran’s Ilam Refinery Phase 1 to come on Stream December 6
Worley Parsons Close to $8 Billion Contract with Saudi Arabian Oil
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