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Oman says new refinery capacity to cut crude oil exports

Oman's crude oil exports will drop by about 50 Mbpd when new refining capacity comes onstream in the northern city of Sohar by early 2017.

Welspun receives $47 M order for Diamond Pipeline

Diamond Pipeline LLC, a joint venture between Plains All American Pipeline and Valero, has submitted an order for more than $47 M in coated 20-inch pipe to Welspun in Little Rock, Arkansas.

As US crude wobbles near $40, new oil rally in doubt

Oversupply, refining cutbacks and a breakdown in the oil/dollar trade may spell an end to this year's rally.

Column: Why is oil market rebalancing taking so long?

Rebalancing the oil market is proving a long and frustrating process.

Oil edges up after slide, but glut still weighs

Oil edged higher Wednesday after hitting its lowest since April the previous day, supported by an industry report showing a fall in US inventories and a weaker dollar.

Industry Metrics

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

Asia refining margins fell despite strong regional demand.

Oil falls as oversupply weighs

Oil prices fell, reversing earlier gains, as increases in OPEC production and US oil rig additions continued to weigh on the market.

Column: La Nina set to boost US winter heating oil demand

Refiners are hoping distillate will get a further boost from a pick-up in freight movements and a colder winter in 2016/17.

Consider post-design changes to confine a hazardous area

Petrokon Utama Sdn Bhd: Bapat, S. V.

Hazardous area classification (HAC) is carried out while performing basic design engineering, and HAC drawings are produced as one of the deliverables.

Experience with naphtha in sour water emulsions generated in a fractionator overhead accumulator

Syncrude Canada Ltd.: McKnight, C.  |  Rumball, B.

A number of conversion processes, both hydrogen-addition-based and carbon-rejection-based, crack heavy oil into lighter hydrocarbon products.