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US oil demand fell in November on lower gasoline consumption - API

Total US petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) fell 1.1% in November compared with November a year ago, pulled down by a 1.8% decline in motor gasoline demand to an 11-year low for the month, according to a monthly report from the American Petroleum Institute (API).

PBF plans $1bn Delaware City refinery expansion, includes new hydrocracker

US-based refiner PBF Energy and affiliate Delaware City Refining Co. on Thursday announced the $1 billion PBF clean fuels project, which includes the construction of a mild hydrocracker and hydrogen plant to be built at their Delaware City refinery. When completed, it will process streams from both the Delaware City refinery and PBF’s Paulsboro, N.J. refinery.

Total wins Exxon tender for Slagen refinery lifting

Total has won ExxonMobil Corp.’s 2012 tender for lifting from its 110,000 bpd Slagen refinery in Norway, a fuel oil trader familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Annual fuel oil tenders from Exxon's Northwest Europe refineries are widely followed by traders in the region.

Fortune Oil, BP to expand China aviation fuels unit

Fortune Oil said Monday it and its partners in an aviation fuel supply business had agreed to double the number of airports they serve in central and southern China to 30 over the next five years.

Outlook bleak for Europe, US refiners at end of dismal year

HP Editorial Staff: HP News

A dismal year for the European and US refining market is set to end on a sour note as profit margins are squeezed by high oil prices and lackluster product demand.

HPI Market Data 2012 Executive Summary

THE NEXT STEPThe economic recovery continues for the global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI). Energy drives economic growth. Unfortunately for developed nations, stronger economic recovery remain..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Burckhardt Compression has an order from Petroleum Development Oman LLC to deliver one process gas compressor for a new miscible gas injection (MGI) facility in the Sultanate of Oman. The responsible ..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

MAN Diesel & Turbo has an order for 24 compressor units for an integrated chemical complex in Chongqing, China. The order size is about €50 million. Designed as a combined plant, the chemical com..

Flint Hills celebrates 30 years in Corpus Christi

Since 1981, the year that Flint Hills Resources began operating in Corpus Christi, Texas, more than $3.1 billion in projects have been completed.

Lukoil boosts fuel quality with new coker

Russia's second-biggest oil firm, Lukoil, recently installed a coking unit at its Volgograd refinery to increase the quality of its fuels.