REFINERY INDUSTRY UPDATE
HEADLINES
September 2013
(Listed by most current date)
Detailed project information is available separately under “Oil, Gas and Refining Sales Leads”.
· Emery Refining Plans Oil Shale, Tar Sands Permitting Redo on Utah’s Green River Refinery (Article Dated: 10/8/2013)
· NW Ohio Lima Refinery Seeks $300 Mln Tar Sands Upgrade Approval (Article Dated: 10/8/2013)
· Nigeria's Largest Oil Refinery to Include Petrochemical and Fertilizer Complex (Project Dated: 9/30/2013)
· China to Stop Some Approvals for New Refining Projects and Sinopec, CNPC Plant Upgrades (Article Dated: 9/16/2013)
· Uzbekistan to Build Second Stage of Bukhara Oil Refinery (Project Dated: 9/16/2013)
· Renewable Fuel Pays Off for some Oil Refiners (Analysis Dated: 9/16/2013)
· China’s Demand for Oil Products Slows Due to Declining Demand and Weakening Economy (Article Dated: 9/16/2013)
· Uruguay Opens Desulfurization Plant at Montevideo Refinery (Article Dated: 9/16/2013)
· Europe's Refinery Decision-Makers to Gather in Milan (Conference Dated: 9/13/2013)
· STK Group to Build Mini-Refinery in Estonia (Project Dated: 9/13/2013)
· Nynas Wins EU Approval to Buy Shell's Harburg Refinery Assets (Acquisition Dated: 9/13/2013)
· Asian Refiners Dealing with Iraq Crude Supply Uncertainty (Article Dated: 9/13/2013)
· Kinder Morgan, Valero Place Parkway Pipeline into Service (Article Dated: 9/13/2013)
· Task Force Eyes Use of Common Effluent Plant for India’s New Barmer Refinery (Project Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Russia Completes Delayed Kirishi Refinery Upgrade Creating more Stress for European Refiners (Article Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Motiva, Largest U.S. Oil Refinery Is Crippled after Another Fire (Article Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Delays Defer Commissioning of India’s Paradip Oil Refinery to November (Project Dated: 9/12/2013)
· British Columbia Media Mogul Close to $25 Bln Kitimat Refinery Deal (Article Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Sale of Shuttered Hovensa Oil Refinery in Virgin Islands Stalls (Sale Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Technip Awarded NCRA Contract for McPherson Refinery in Kansas (Project Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Chennai Petroleum to Increase Efficiency with Rs 3,110-cr Upgrading Project (Project Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Foster Wheeler Awarded Statoil Feasibility Study for Norway’s Mongstad Refinery Upgrade (Contract Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Malaysia's Petronas Exiting Venezuela Petrocarabobo Crude Project (Article Dated: 9/12/2013)
· Ukraine Might Verify Rosneft Compliance with Lysychansk Refinery Privatization (Project Dated: 9/12/2013)
· KBR Wins FEED Work to Raise U.S. Refinery's Capacity to Handle Heavy Crudes (Project Dated: 9/11/2013)
· Chevron Agrees to Pay $2 Mln for Richmond Refinery Fire (Article Dated: 9/11/2013)
· How Refiners Target Hydrogen for Clean Fuels and Upgrading Projects Is the Topic at IRPC 2013 (Article Dated: 9/11/2013)
· Husky Energy May Revamp Ohio Refinery for Processing Canadian Heavy Crude (Project Dated: 9/11/2013)
· Oil Recycling Process Set for Petrobras's REFAP Refinery in South Brazil (Project Dated: 9/11/2013)
· Honeywell to Supply Control Systems for New Process Plants at Russian Refinery (Project Dated: 9/11/2013)
· Great Falls, MT Petroleum Refinery Plans $275 Mln Expansion (Project Dated: 9/11/2013)
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