Subject:  New Refinery Projects For November

 

New refinery projects are reported monthly to Cartridge Filters:  World Market http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/water.html#NO24 subscribers. Here are the project titles for the month of November:

Refinery Updates November 2005

 

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

1. AMERICAS

   U.S.

Giant says Transportation Costs to Refinery Cause High Gas Prices

Stevens Introduces Bill to Allow Cherry Point Refinery Expansion

Valero to Up Refining Capacity by 400,000 Barrels per Day

Valero Refinery Experiences Power Failure

Katrina Leaves One of Worst Residential Oil Spills in US History

Wood River Refinery to get S Zorb Unit

Yorktown Refinery Still Down as Probe Begins

Shell Handles 4,000 Damage Claims from Oil Refinery Leak

Proposed Yuma Refinery Reports Agreement with Mexico on Pipeline

 

   CENTRAL AMERICA

International Funding Available for Mexico-Central America Refinery 

 

VENEZUELA

Venezuela’s Chavez Wants a $6 bln Refinery Deep in a Backwater

Venezuela Refinery Mishaps Spur Criticism

 

2. ASIA

   CHINA

CPC's Hainan Refinery to Start up by Mid-2006

China, Kuwait in Talks over 300,000 bpd Oil Refinery

 

  INDIA

Bharat Petro to Spend 20 bln Rupees on New Refinery in Central India

Rajasthan Govt may Pick up Token Stake in RRL

Government Aiming to Make India Global Oil Refinery Hub

Sinopec to Privatize Zhenhai Refinery

Ondo Signs MoU on $1.5b Private Refinery

Indian Oil Plans Hydrogen Unit at Panipat Refinery

 

INDONESIA

Pertamina Unit, Iran Co to Build $3B Oil Refinery

Indonesia’s Refinery Investors Seek Tax Cuts

S Korean SK Group to Set Up Lube Oil Refinery in Riau

 

      VIETNAM

Work Begins on Viet Nam’s Dung Quat Refinery

 

3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

   GERMANY

ConocoPhillips to Purchase German Refinery in Wilhelmshaven

 

  KENYA

IndianOil Looks to Acquire BP’s Petro Assets in Kenya

 

NIGERIA

Joint Venture to Build Nigerian Refinery

 

SYRIA

Russia’s Stroytransgaz Mulls $2Bln Oil Refinery in Syria

 

  ZAMBIA

Zambia Oil Refinery Says Ops Suspended after Fire

 

   GEORGIA

Turkish Company to Build Refinery in Georgia

 

  RUSSIA

Russia Asks Cooperation in Refinery and Pipelines

RussNeft may Construct Refinery in Bryansk Region.

 

 UKRAINE

32.8% Stake in Galychyna Oil Refinery to be Auctioned off

 

BAHRAIN

$150m Bapco Project to Expand Gas Production and Modernize the Bahrain Refinery 

 

KUWAIT

KNPC, $6.2bn Refinery Plans

 

   UAE

UAE to Build 300,000 bpd Refinery

 

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com