Subject:  New Refinery Projects For August ‘06

New refinery projects are reported monthly to Valves: World Markets: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/water.html#N028 subscribers.  Here is the table of contents for the month of August ‘06. 

REFINERY

UPDATE

August 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

  OVERVIEW

• IEA Says Crude Refinery Capacity to Rise 11.7 Million B/D 2106-2011

   AMERICANS

            U.S.

• Valero to Cut Emissions at Delaware City Refinery
• Tesoro Cancels Expansion Plans at Washington Refinery
• Total Shuts Units at Port Arthur Texas Refinery
• Exxon Shuts L.A. Refinery FCC for Overhaul
• BP Texas city Refinery has Sulfur Recovery Unit Leak
• Longview Oil Refinery to get New Life for $20 Million
• Six Companies Interested in Lyondell-Citgo Refinery
• BP Says Texas Refinery Restart to Span 2006
• Exxon L.A. Refinery Reports Flaring over July 4 Holiday
• Overpressure Causes Total to Cut Output on Texas Refinery Unit
• Citgo Releases Hazardous Chemicals
• CB&I Bags $50 Million Engineering Contract from Air Liquide
• CB&I has Contract to Supply $50 Million Diesel Hydrotreater to U.S. Refinery
• Lyondell takes its Houston Refinery off Market
• ConocoPhillips’ Wood River Refinery Disrupted by Storm
• Hunt Announces $500 Million Expansion Project in Tuscaloosa
• Premcor Refinery Ordered to Clean up Tanks
• Valero Starts Maintenance Work at Three Rivers Refinery in Texas
• BP Contractor Killed in Accident at Refinery
• Illinois Governor tells EPA to Expedite Permits to Repair Refinery
• Storm Halts Refining at ConocoPhillips in Hartford, IL
• Fort Berthold Reservation Debates Proposed $250 Million Refinery
• Exxon Reports Malfunction at L.A. Area Refinery

            MEXICO

• Emerson is Main Contractor for Altamira LNG Terminal

            PERU

• Petroleos de Peru to Seek Bids on $400 Million Refinery Project

            TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

• Petrotrin Refinery Equipment Faces Fire Risk

   ASIA

            AUSTRALIA

• South Australian Opposition Calls for Detail on Port Stanvac Refinery Plans
• South Australia’s Port Stanvac Deal Still years Away

            CHINA

• PetroChina to More Than Double NW Refinery Capacity By 2008

            INDIA

• Saudi Aramco Backs Out of Paradip Refinery
• GE to Supply Compressors for New Reliance India Refinery

            PAKISTAN

• Bosicor Plans $312 Million Refinery in Pakistan’s Southwest

            SOUTH KOREA

• Hyundai Plans New Gasoline Unit by 2010
• S. Korea’s Incheon Refinery to Revive Mothballed CDU

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

            AUSTRIA

• OMV Oil Refinery Closed after Fire

            BULGARIA

• Bankrupt Nova Plama Refinery Headed for Int’l Auction

            ENGLAND

• Petroplus to Buy Exxon’s German Refinery

            NETHERLANDS

• Shell Confirms Pernis Refinery Fully Operational
• Italian Eni Bids for Chevron Refinery, Stations

            TURKEY

• Russia’s Lukoil to Build $2.5 Billion Refinery in Turkey

            KENYA

• Kenya Refinery Announces Plans to Build Gas Storage Facility

            NIGERIA

• Nigeria Govt Drops Plan to Privatize Port Harcourt Refinery

            SUDAN

• Sudan’s Khartoum Refinery Expanded
• APS Engineering gets Contract for $2 Billion Grass Roots Refinery in Port Sudan

            RUSSIA

• Rosneft to Invite Tenders for $2 Billion Reconstruction of Tuapse Oil Refinery

            IRAN

• Iran Gains Technology for Refining Heavy Crude
• 250,000 bpd Lebanese Refinery for Iraq

            KUWAIT

• Kuwait Seeks Foreign Partner for $6 Billion Refinery
• Iran Signs $2.7 Billion Refinery Deal with China

            OMAN

• $120 Million Loan for Oman Refinery Company

            SAUDI ARABIA

• Shell Confirms Pernis Refinery fully Operational

            YEMEN

• Yemeni Government Cancels Hadramout Refinery Project

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