Refining
API chief executive urges US to expedite offshore permitting programs
American Petroleum Institute (API) CEO Jack Gerard said on Friday that speeding up offshore permitting programs in US waters could allow President Barack Obama to reverse disappointing employment numbers while generating additional revenue to help with the debt crisis.
Martin Midstream to build Corpus Christi terminal, will take crude from Eagle Ford shale
Martin Midstream will build a new terminal at the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas to receive crude oil from the Eagle Ford shale via the recently announced Harvest Gardendale pipeline, company officials said.
Foster Wheeler wins YBF project for delayed coker heater in Argentina
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by YPF S.A. for the delayed coker heater at the new delayed coking unit at YPF’s Complejo Industrial La Plata in Argentina. Foster Wheeler’s scope of work includes engineering, equipment supply and supervision to construction and start-up, it said.
US Senators agree to end ethanol subsidy, tariff
Three US senators struck a deal on Thursday to repeal the $6 billion/year ethanol tax credit by the end of July, according to California Democrat Dianne Feinstein. Feinstein crafted the deal with ethanol advocates Amy Klobuchar (Democrat-Minnesota) and John Thune (Republican-South Dakota).
Elliott Group to supply compressors for Petrobras refinery expansions in Brazil
Elliott Group has won contracts from Brazilian oil major Petrobras to supply compressors for expansion projects at the company's REGAP and REMAN refineries as well as the new northeast refinery RNEST. The projects will aid the Petrobras' efforts to increase domestic production of high-quality diesel fuel, officials said.
Saudi Aramco awards Foster Wheeler group with Riyadh refinery clean fuels project
Foster Wheeler SOFCON, an unincorporated consortium between a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler and A. Al-Saihati, A. Fattani & O. Al-Othman Consulting Engineering Co. (SOFCON), has been awarded a contract by Saudi Aramco for front-end engineering design (FEED) and project management services for the clean transportation fuels project at the Riyadh refinery in Saudi Arabia.
Worker dies at ConocoPhillips refinery in Illinois during maintenance work
A contract worker died on Tuesday afternoon after falling from a large tank at ConocoPhillips’ refinery in at Wood River, Illinois, according to a local news report.
ExxonMobil updates Montana oil spill response
ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. issued the following statement as cleanup operations continued on Tuesday following an oil spill over the weekend into Montana’s Yellowstone River. The release originated from a 12-inch crude pipeline operated by the company that runs from Silver Tip to Billings in Montana.
PetroChina, INEOS finalize Europe refining JV
PetroChina and INEOS have completed a deal to form trading and refining joint ventures effective July 1. The joint ventures include trading and refining activities at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland and the Lavéra refinery in France. The business employs approximately 1,000 people and has a turnover of $15bn.
PDVSA awards Foster Wheeler with design deal for new refinery in Venezuela
Foster Wheeler has been awarded a process design and front-end engineering design (FEED) services contract by PDVSA for the new Batalla Santa Ines refinery Phase I hydroskimming section to be built in Barinas, Venezuela.
- HIF Global and German eFuel One GmbH sign HoA for e-methanol offtake 2/20
- Venezuela's refineries boost processing to 35% of capacity 2/20
- New Trinidad gas projects could provide necessary feedstock for country's petchem and LNG sectors 2/20
- MK-Polymer delivers ethylene-propylene rubber to JSC Kazenergokabel 2/20
- Mexican authorities shut down 22-m long tunnel used in illegal smuggling of fuel supplies 2/20
- Digital Feature: First-stage ejector nozzle retrofit achieves meaningful performance improvement 2/20
