Subject:  New Refinery Projects

New refinery projects are reported monthly to Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market subscribers http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/air.html#N018 .  Here are the project titles for the month of October:

REFINERY UPDATE

October 2005

Table of Contents

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

   AMERICAS

            U.S.

• Oil Prices Drop as Refinery Powers Up
• Chevron Plans to Reopen Gulf Coast Refinery
• Valero Shuts Down Houston Refinery Unit
• Valero’s Port Arthur Refinery is Set to Restart
• Sunoco Fined for Emissions at marcus Hook Refinery
• Exxon Mobil to Spend $571 Million on Pollution Upgrades
• Koch partners Modifies Oklahoma Refinery
• Joliet Refinery Deal to Cut Emissions, Aid Environment
• Official Says U.S. Refineries Must Play Role in Capacity
• Marathon Announces Plans to Increase Garyville Refinery Capacity
• NCRA Beats Deadline for Clean Fuels Project
• Soil Worries at Katrina Refinery Spill Site
• 2004 Cinizia Refinery Investigation Concluded
• Government Incentives May not Be Enough to Encourage New Refineries
• House Republicans Want to Bring Oil Refinery to Iowa
• Massive Citgo Refinery Slowly Works its Way Back to 100 Percent

            CANADA

• Alberta Plans Giant Refinery complex near Edmonton

            DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• New Dominican Refinery President says Petrocaribe Agreement Top Priority

            TRINIDAD / TOBAGO

• New Refinery Coming to Trinidad/Tobago

   ASIA

            AUSTRALIA

• Mobil Asked to Reopen Australia’s Port Stanvac Refinery

            INDIA

• Indian Oil to Shut Barauni Refinery in Feb 2006
• Elnusa to Build $2.5 Billion-$3 Billion Indian Refinery
• BP Eyes Stake in HPCL’s New Refinery
• Paradip Oil Refinery to be Commissioned on Time

            NORTH KOREA

• Russian Investors Help North Korea Revamp Oil Refinery

            PHILIPPINES

• Shell Weighs Philippine Refinery Options

   EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

            LITHUANIA

• ConocoPhillips Wants to Buy Lithuania Refinery with Lukoil

            ROMANIA

• Romania’s Petromidia Refinery Undergoes Renovation Worth $30 Million
• Romania’s Petrotel Refinery Receives Loan of $82 Million

            ALGERIA

• Skikda Refinery Fire in Algeria

            EGYPT

• Egypt Plans New Refinery

            MOROCCO

• Foster Wheeler Gets $650 Million Morocco Refinery Upgrade and Expansion

            NIGERIA

• Nigerian Govt has Shelved Privatization of Warri Refinery

            SOUTH AFRICA

• Engen Refinery Pays R10 000 Pollution Fine

            SYRIA

• Preparations Underway to Establish Syrian-Russian Oil Refinery Company

            RUSSIA

• YUKOS Wants $1 Billion for Its Stake in Refinery

            UKRAINE

• Possible New Refinery for Ukraine

            IRAQ

• Iraq Rebuilds Oil Refinery Unit Crippled by Way
• Another Refinery Put to Work in Southern Iraq

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Bob McIlvaine

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