Subject: New Refinery Projects for October ‘06
New refinery projects are reported monthly to Scrubber/Adsorber World Markets
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/air.html#n008 subscribers. Here are the
project titles for the month of October ’06.
REFINERY
UPDATE
OCTOBER 2006
Table of
Contents
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
1. AMERICAS
U.S.
- $2.4 Million Fine and
Fallout from Oil Leaks in Alaska Reaches BP's Oregon Refinery
- Louisiana Woos OPEC,
Oil Suppliers with $5-$10 Billion Refinery Bid
- Foster Wheeler
Awarded Contract by Sinclair Oil
- US EPA Proposes
Easing Refinery Pollution Rules
- Valero Refinery to
Clean up Air with New $400 Million Scrubber System
- Violations at Toledo
Refinery Spurs $17,500 Fine of BP by OSHA
- Air Permit for $2
Billion Yuma Refinery Renewed
- ConocoPhillips Sweeny
Hydrogen Unit to be Shut 7-10 Days
- BP to Review Its
Global Business after Texas Refinery Blast
- Citgo Shuts Down new
Hydrotreater in Texas Refinery
- BP to Upgrade
Whiting, IN Refinery between $1 and $2 Billion to Take Canadian Oil
- Petrobras Purchases
Half of 100,000 bpd Pasadena Refinery, Plans to Double Capacity
- BP Finds Leak at
Texas City Refinery Cracker Tower
CENTRAL AMERICA
- Mexico Opens $7
Million Central American Refinery Tender
JAMAICA
- $300 Million Jamaican
Refinery Expansion to Start in 2007
ASIA
INDIA
- India’s Congress
Demands Action against Essar Refinery
- Reliance to Complete
New Refinery Ahead of Schedule
- ONGC says Rajasthan
Refinery not Viable without Incentives
- IOC Plans 15 Million
Tonne Refinery in Bengal
- Nagarjuna Refinery to
Complete Financial Closure Soon
- India Conglomerate
Pins Hopes of Industrial Power on Arabian Sea Coast Refinery
OKINAWA
- Petrobras May Invest
$1 Billion in Exxon’s Okinawa Refinery
VIETNAM
- Venezuela to Build
Refinery in Vietnam
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE
EAST
UNITED KINGDOM
- UK to Refurbish
Stoke-on Trent Oil Refinery to Re-Refine Used Oils
LITHUANIA
- Poles Give
Lithuanians Assurance of Future Oil Deliveries to Refinery
SOUTH AFRICA
- Restart of South
Africa Sapref Refinery Delayed
TATARSTAN
- Contract Awarded to
Foster wheeler for $3 Billion Tatarstan Refinery
IRAN
- $100 Million Tehran
Refinery Project Improves Petrol Quality
- Sarkhun Gas
Refinery’s Output Quality and Quantity to be Enhanced
IRAQ
- Bomb Targets Oil
Pipeline North of Baghdad
ISRAEL
- Antitrust Authority
Approves Ashdod Refinery Sale
KUWAIT
- Kuwait Extends
Deadline for $6 Billion Refinery Bidding
QATAR
- Invensys Awarded
Multimillion Dollar Automation Contract for Grassroots Laffan Refinery Project
SYRIA
- Iran, Venezuela Plan
150,000 bpd Syrian Refinery
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