Imperial Oil to shift Nova Scotia refinery to terminal after failing to find buyer
The company began shopping the refinery around in May of last year, saying competition in the area had led to weak financial returns. Imperial Oil said the failure to find a buyer illustrates "the challenges of operating a refinery of Dartmouth's scale in the competitive conditions of the Atlantic Basin market."
June 21, 2013Continue reading...Construction approved for second Vietnam refinery
Japanese refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co. and its partners have made a final investment decision on Vietnam's second oil refinery and secured $5 billion in project financing.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Petrobras mulls Northeast Brazil refinery venture with Korea's GS Energy
Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras said Tuesday it is studying a possible joint venture with South Korean energy company GS Energy to build a refinery in northeastern Brazil.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Linde Group to build large Russian ammonia plant
The Linde Group has formed a joint venture with chemical company JSC KuibyshevAzot to build and operate a large ammonia plant at the Togliatti site in Russia's Samara region
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Air Liquide to provide technology for new Chinese polyamide 6 plants
The global engineering and construction (E&C) business of Air Liquide signed contracts with Fujian Jinfeng Technology and Fujian Zhongjin New Material to provide technology for new polyamide 6 (PA6) plants in China, the company announced on Tuesday.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Petronas plans to invest $20bn in British Columbia project for LNG exports
The company, known as Petronas, is planning two LNG trains of 6 million tpy each under the Pacific NorthWest LNG project by the end of 2019. The export terminal project in British Columbia was acquired by Petronas last year as part of its $5.2 billion purchase of Canada's Progress Energy Resources.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Explosion hits Williams Louisiana olefins plant
An explosion and subsequent fire ripped through the Williams olefins plant on Thursday in Geismar, Louisiana, leaving behind two deaths, about 73 injuries and forcing others in the area to shelter-in-place or evacuate.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Technip wins process design work on new Finland biomass-to-liquid plant
Forest BtL awarded Technip with a €5 million contract for front-end engineering and design (FEED) on a new second-generation biomass-to-liquid (BTL) plant to be built on Ajos island, Finland, the companies announced on Thursday.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Sasol awards engineering work to KBR for synfuels complex in South Africa
KBR was awarded a contract by Sasol for the provision of engineering, procurement and construction management services (EPCm) at Sasol's synfuels complex in Secunda, South Africa, the groups said Friday.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...Refinery watch: Planned and unplanned US outages
Citgo Petroleum shut down several units June 12 at its refinery in Lemont, Ill., after the facility was struck by lightning, according to a government filing. Several units at Marathon Petroleum's 80,000 bpd refinery in Texas City, Texas, remained off line June 10 following a leak at the refinery's FCCU.
June 17, 2013Continue reading...
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