Subject:  New Refinery Projects

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subscribers.  Here are the project titles for the month of September

Refinery Updates

September 2005

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

1. AMERICAS

   U.S.

•           Production Resumes at Murphy Platform but Refinery still Months Away

•           Chevron Unclear on Mississippi Refinery's Return

•           White House asks Oil Companies to Postpone Refinery Maintenance

•           Good News at last on Refinery Front and Why Prices Are Key to Recovery

•           Valero Eyes Delaying U.S. Refinery Maintenance

•           Valero Responds to Questions about Energy Crisis

•           Norco, Louisiana Refinery to Restart Soon

•           Kuwait Offers to Build First Refinery in U.S. in 30 years

•           Northern Montana Eyeing Small Refinery Project

•           Sac & Fox Nation wants Refinery

•           Norsk Hydro to Buy Spinnaker Exploration for $2.5 billion

•           Chevron Refinery Shows Signs of Life  

•           US House Bill would Speed Permits for Refineries

•           Gulf Refinery Breakdown - What's What after Rita

•           Arizona Refinery Planners Still Talking with Mexico

•           BP Refinery Delays Reopening after Storm

•           Louisiana Refinery to Restart

•           Marathon to Close Refinery for 50 Days

•           Murphy Oil Louisiana Refinery out of Operation for Months

•           Valero's Downed Refinery getting Intensive Care

•           Bill could Pave the Way for Cushing Oil Refinery

•           Katrina May Cost Chevron $350 Million

•           Valero Selects Mustang for Refineries Upgrades

CANADA

BRAZIL

•           Petrobras to share Refinery Cost 50-50 with PDVSA

COLOMBIA

•           Colombia Refinery Attracts Multiple Interest in $850 Million Expansion Plan

•           India's Reliance Industries to Bid for $850 mln Colombian Refinery Stake

2. ASIA

   AUSTRALIA

•           Shell Australia Faces Fresh Prosecution

   CHINA

•           Refineries in China Open to Joint Venture Investment

   INDIA

•           IOC to Seek Nod for Paradip Refinery Project

•           Reliance to shut Jamnagar Refinery in October

•           New Design for Bina Refinery

   MONGOLIA

•           China to Invest in Mongolia's Oil Refinery

3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

   FRANCE

•           French Oil Workers Shut Refinery

   LITHUANIA

•           Lithuanian Government to Buy and Resell Yukos Stake in Refinery

   EGYPT

•           Egypt Plans New $5bn Refinery as Fuel Prices Climb

   TURKEY

•           Consortium Bids for Turkish Oil Refinery

   NIGERIA

•           Intercontinental to Raise N15bn for Orient Refinery

   SOUTH AFRICA

•           $4 bn Oil Refinery to be Built in South Africa’s Richards Bay

ZAMBIA

•           Zambia Imports 50 mln Litres Fuel, Refinery Shuts

BAHRAIN

•           Foster Wheeler gets Bahrain Refinery Deal

    IRAN

•           Refinery Construction in Iran a Long-Term Project 

  MOROCCO

•           Repsol in talks on Morocco Refinery

   QATAR

   SAUDI ARABIA

•           Aramco $8bn Refinery Expansion

   UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

•           UAE lifts Crude, Refining Capacity

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