New Refinery Projects for September 2010

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 September 2010.

Refineries UPDATE

September 2010


TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
OVERVIEW
OPEC Members to Spend $40 Bln on Refinery Expansions
AMERICAS
U.S.
AG Abbott Sues BP over Texas City Refinery Emissions
Assessment of Alon USA Says Bakersfield Refinery Conversion Progressing
Enbridge’s Lakehead Situation in Michigan Prompts United Refining to Reduce Crude Throughput
ConocoPhillips Rodeo Refinery Reaches $600,000 Settlement for Wastewater Discharge
Idaho Wants $10 Mln Bond from Exxon Mobil to Transport Refinery Equipment
Tesoro Says Hydrogen Attack Caused Anacortes Blast
Total Celebrates Milestone in Port Arthur Project
Coalition Seeks Hearings on EPA's Pending E15 Action on Ethanol
Conoco Reports Power Failure at Wood River Refinery
Chalmette Refinery to Shut 3 Units in Reconfiguration Plan
Environmental Groups Plan to Sue over Washington Refineries Pollution
U.S. Refinery Status with Upset Reported At Valero Three Rivers, Texas Plant
CANADA
Shell, Delek End Talks Regarding Potential Sale of Montreal Refinery
ASIA
CHINA
China's Rapid Refining Buildup Risks Overcapacity
Sinopec to Boost Yangzi Refinery Capacity by 56 Percent
China's Shandong Independent Refinery Capacity Poised for 17 Percent Increase
China's Refinery Expansion Plans
INDIA
Jacobs Wins Delayed Coker Contract for India’s IOCL with Project Cost Estimated at $60 Mln
IBM to Be HMEL Tech Partner for $4 bln Punjab Greenfield Refinery
INDONESIA
Indonesia's Chandra Asri Wants to be Part of a Pertamina $7 Bln Refinery Project
Pertamina to Team Up with Kuwaiti Company for Refinery
JAPAN
Japan Has New Refinery Residue Cracking Ratio Law
PAKISTAN
China to Invest $535 Mln to Restart Karachi Refinery Project
VIETNAM
Vietnam to Expand Dung Quat Refinery
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
GERMANY
Rosneft Close to Acquiring Stakes in Four German Refineries
Shell Agrees to Sell German Heide Refinery to Klesch after Fuel Demand Slump
SERBIA
Jacobs Wins $100 Mln Contract for Hydrogen Plant in Serbia
TURKEY
Merichem to Provide Treatment Tech at Turkish Izmir Refinery
EGYPT
Citadel Capital Announces $2.6 Bln Debt Package for $3.7 Bln Egypt Refinery
UGANDA
China Delegation to Discuss Possible Uganda Refinery
IRAQ
KBR Wins Iraq Refinery Contracts
SAUDI ARABIA
Flowserve Wins 400,000 Bpd Yanbu Refinery Contract




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