Subject: New Refinery Projects for Feb. ‘08
New refinery projects are reported monthly to Industrial Valves: World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n028. Here are the project titles for the month of Feb. ’08.
REFINERY UPDATE
February 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
$300 Million Placid Refinery Expansion on Schedule
ExxonMobil Plans Baton Rouge Investment to Exceed $350 Million
Fluor Awarded Marathon's $1.9 Billion Detroit Refinery Expansion Contract
Sierra Club Sues Shell over Deer Park Refinery Pollution
South Dakota Plan Passes Hurdle for $10 Billion Refinery
CB&I Gets $285 Million Contract for Refinery Expansion Project
Refinery Expansions in Great Lakes States need Closer Scrutiny
Valero Interested In Buying BP Texas City Refinery
Murphy Oil Plans Work at Meraux, LA, Refinery
Warren Resources Charged for Four Oil Spills in Refinery
Province OK's $5 Billion Placentia Bay Refinery Component Studies
Suncor Predicts Fewer Delays after Falling Short in 2007
Cienfuegos Refinery Begins Processing Crude Oil
Shell Refinery to be Fined by Argentina
Ecuador to Spend $300 Million on Esmeraldas Revamp
Pdvsa Finishes Commissioning of El Palito Refinery
Venezuela to Build $5 Billion Refinery in Ecuador
China's Sinopec to Expand Wuhan Refinery's Capacity by 30 Percent
CNPC Looks to Large Refineries for Growth
China Trader Sinochem Starts Building 1st Refinery for $2.47 Billion
Thailand’s IRPC Plans $2.1 Billion Expansion
EU to Phase in CO2 Auctions for Refinery
Europe’s February Refinery Maintenance to be Light
ExxonMobil to Shutter Naphtha Unit at French Refinery
Hungary Says New CO2 Plan to Curb Windfall Profits
Hungary MOL Announces Refinery Maintenance Program
Italy Planned to Revise CO2 Plan to EU by End of 2007
Lithuania PKN Refinery Says Back to Full Capacity
Mazeikiu Nafta Recommissions Vacuum Distillation Tower
Shell Plans Pernis Work in April, September and an Additional $1.44 Billion Investment over Time
Romania to Contest EU Carbon Emission Cuts
IOC may Get Lower Stake in Turkey Refiner
Exxon Plans Partial UK Fawley Refinery Maintenance in February
Essar Oil Buys into Kenya Refinery with Plans for $400 to $450 Million Upgrade
Nigeria Slates New Oil refineries for 2011 or 2012.
Krasnoyarsk Krai Expected to Make Oil Refinery Announcement
Baku Oil Refinery Stops Rig for Petrol and Liquefied Gas Production
Proposed 200,000 bpd Brunei Oil Refinery to Export to East Asia
Massive Fire in Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery
Iraq Plans Two Oil Refineries at $300 Million
Delays Threaten Saudi Aramco's Three JV Refineries Construction
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