REFINERIES INDUSTRY UPDATE
HEADLINES
November 2013
(Listed by most current date)
Detailed project information is available separately under “Oil, Gas and Refining Sales Leads”.
• Cosmo, Kyokuto Consider Joint Operation of Chiba Refineries (Article Dated: 11/14/2013)
• Innovation Key to Helping Europe's Refiners Survive (Analysis Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Sinopec Gets Initial Approval for $10 Bln Shanghai Refinery (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Pemex Business Plan for $10 Bln Tula Refinery Project Go Ahead Questionable (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)
• PBF Energy to Expand Crude Rail Shipments to Delaware Refinery (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Indonesia to Build New Refinery to Reduce Dependence on Imported Fuels (Plans Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Scotland’s Grangemouth Oil Refinery, Petrochem Plant Saved by Deal (Article Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Phillips 66 to Build New Rail Facilities at Bayway Refinery in New Jersey and Ferndale, Washington (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Libya to Build Two Oil Refineries in East and South Strike Areas (Plans Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Japan’s JX Holdings will Opt Out of Vietnam’s Dung Quat Refinery Expansion (Project Dated: 11/11/2013)
• Foster Wheeler Wins FEED for Khurais Arabian Light Crude Increment Program (Contract Dated: 11/8/2013)
• Iraq Signs $6 Bln Refinery Contract with Swiss Firm Satarem (Contract Dated: 11/8/2013)
• Electrical Installation JV Created for Whiting Refinery Modernization Project (Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
• Honeywell to Modernize Swedish Preemraf Lysekil Oil Refinery (Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
• Without a Buyer Murphy Oil May Close Wales Milford Haven Refinery (Article Dated: 11/8/2013)
• Iraq Wins Oil Supply Deal at China Sinochem Refinery (Article Dated: 11/8/2013)
• Wison Launches Zhoushan Fabrication Yard with Venezuela's RPLC Refinery Project (Project Dated: 11/8/2013)
• Trading House Gunvor Looks to Raise Stake in European Oil Refining (Article Dated: 11/7/2013)
• Honeywell's UOP to Help PT Pertamina Develop Modernization Plan for Indonesian Refineries (Article Dated: 11/7/2013)
• BP Whiting Refinery Project Getting Closer to Completion (Project Dated: 11/7/2013)
• Citgo Plans FCC Work at Lake Charles Refinery in 2014 (Article Dated: 11/7/2013)
• MOL Group to Convert Italy’s Mantova Refinery into 'Products Logistics Hub' (Project Dated: 11/7/2013)
• Wison Wins $834 Mln Contract for Puerto La Cruz Refinery Deep Conversion Project (Contract Dated: 11/7/2013)
• Global Data Says China Refinery Cancellation Will Have 'Far-Reaching Consequences' (Project Cancelled Dated: 11/7/2013)
• Uganda Seeks Investor to Build $2.5 Bln Oil Refinery (Project Dated: 11/7/2013)
• ICA Fluor Awarded Contract for Miguel Hidalgo Refinery in Mexico (Contract Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Yokogawa Wins Mizushima Refinery FEED Contract from JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp (Order Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Saudi Aramco and Total Set to Begin Exports at New Jubail Refinery Venture (Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Foster Wheeler to Supply Fired Heaters for Russia’s KINEF Refinery Expansion (Contract Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Essar Energy to Sell Kenya’s Only Refinery to Government (Sale Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Invensys to Supply Refining Simulators Software for KBR (Agreement Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Aramco, Total Ship First Refined Product Cargo from New Jubail Complex (Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Dubai Signs with China Sonangol to Build Oil Refinery (Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
• Foster Wheeler Signs Agreement with Khabarovsk Oil Processing Refinery in Russia (Project Dated: 11/6/2013)
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