Chevron delays key work on El Segundo refinery
Chevron’s El Segundo complex, the largest single refinery on the United States West Coast, delayed maintenance on crude and coker units to late April, a person familiar with the schedule said.
October 30, 2013Continue reading...WGL ’13: Resource protectionism poses risks for US energy industry
The AFPM leader believes US oil and gas firms must shake off past inclinations toward energy protectionism if they are to fully take advantage of the modern shale revolution.
October 30, 2013Continue reading...REG starts up newly-acquired Iowa biorefinery, plans $20 million upgrade
REG completed the acquisition of the former Soy Energy refinery on July 31. REG immediately began efforts to repair and restart the plant, which began producing biodiesel on October 1. REG also announced that it has begun a $20 million project to upgrade the plant to a multi-feedstock facility.
October 29, 2013Continue reading...Shell selects Wood Group for engineering services on Scotland gas, NGL plants
Wood Group employs around 500 people under this contract and provides project management, engineering, construction, commissioning, maintenance support and supply chain management services. Wood Group will also be providing fabric maintenance services, as part of the new contract.
October 29, 2013Continue reading...CF to expand US ammonia, urea production plants
CF Industries is constructing new ammonia and urea/UAN plants at its Donaldsonville complex and new ammonia and urea plants at its Port Neal complex. In combination, these two new facilities will be able to produce 2.1 million tpy of gross ammonia and upgraded products such as granular urea.
October 29, 2013Continue reading...Latin America is blessed with hydrocarbons but cursed in political risk
Latin America remains a frontier of opportunity for the upstream, according to Wood Mackenzie’s Latin America upstream team. This region is home to significant hydrocarbon resources. Highlights from a recemt webcast indicated that aboveground risk levels are significant hurdles for doing business in this region.
October 28, 2013Continue reading...US exports of NGLs poised to quadruple by 2020
The Panama Canal expansion, slated for completion in 2015, will allow the transit of large tankers and put costs to ship US gas liquids to Asia on a par with deliveries from the Middle East, according to Sanford C. Bernstein. US exports would jump to 20 million metric tons by 2020 from the current 5 million tons.
October 24, 2013Continue reading...USDA offers $181 MM to help build advanced biofuel refineries
The U.S. government on Monday announced $181 million in loan guarantees to build commercial-size refineries making advanced biofuels or to retrofit existing biorefineries to produce the cleaner-burning renewable fuels.
October 22, 2013Continue reading...British Columbia nears land deal for proposed Sinopec LNG exports
The British Columbia government is close to completing an accord for land needed by China Petrochemical Corp. for a proposed liquefied natural gas export project in Canada’s westernmost province.
October 22, 2013Continue reading...Canada’s Regina refinery plans spring turnaround
Federated Co-Operatives Ltd.’s Regina refinery plans to shut down some units for a 49-day maintenance turnaround starting in the last week of March, a company executive said this week.
October 21, 2013Continue reading...
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