Subject:  New Refinery Projects for Nov. ‘07

 

New refinery projects are reported monthly to Pumps World Markets subscribers.  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019  Here are the project titles for the month of Nov. ‘07.

 

Refinery Updates November 2007

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

1. AMERICAS

U.S.

Suncor Begins Planned Maintenance at Commerce City

AMEC Wins Contract for Next Phase of $5 Billion Ohio Clean Fuels Facility

Fire Extinguished at Kentucky Somerset Refinery

CB&I Wins $160 Million Alabama Refinery Contract

Chevron to Add $500 Million Gas Production Unit to Pascagoula Refinery

Chevron L.A. Refinery Operating after Brief Outage

Lamons Wins Five-year Multi-site Contract from Valero

Wyoming’s Interline Building New Refinery

Conoco Shuts Gasoline Unit at Texas Borger Refinery

ExxonMobil’s Lockwood Refinery Investigates Fire, Reports on Sulfur Dioxide

CANADA

CNPC in Oil, Gas Framework Deal with Zhuhai City

Mustang to Aid IAG in Expansion of Refinery in Regina

CENTRAL AMERICA

RIL Looking to Set up 350,000 Bpd Refinery in Central America.

COSTA RICA

China to Build Oil Refinery in Costa Rica

VENEZUELA

PDVSA Begins El Palito Refinery Units Restart

2. ASIA

CHINA

China's Chongqing Plans 10 mln t/year CNPC Refinery

Emirates Facambe Group Buys Refiney in Liaoning Province, China

CNPC in Oil, Gas Framework Deal with Zhuhai City

JAPAN

Saudi, Japanese Researchers Advance Plans for HS-FCC Refinery

Petrobras nears Exxon Japan Refinery Purchase

INDONESIA

Indonesia’s Dumai Refinery to be Closed for Maintenance Thirty to Forty Days

PHILIPPINES

Philippine Court Stops Sale of Petron's Refinery

SINGPORE

Foster Wheeler Wins ExxonMobil Contract for Singapore Project

VIETNAM

Construction of Viet Nam’s First National Oil Refinery in Progress

Vietnam's First Oil Refinery to Operate In Early 2009, Two more Planned

Viet Nam’s Prime Minister Agrees to $500 Million Refinery

3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

FINLAND

Faulty Valves to Keep New Diesel Line at Finland Refinery Shut for Weeks

PORTUGAL

Galp Energia to Expand Porto Refinery in Portugal

SPAIN

Foster Wheeler’s Global Power Group Awarded Heat Recovery Steam Generator Contract for Spain’s BP Refinery

CHAD

China’s CNPC to Invest in Chad Refinery

MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique Approves $5 Billion Refinery Project

NIGERIA

Germany’s Shark Petroleum, Nigeria to Build $1.8 Billion Refinery

Indian Oil to Follow Nigerian Rules for Refinery Project

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa's PetroSA to Build $5.85 Billion Refinery

SYRIA

Syria Signs $1.5 Billion Agreement with Iran and Venezuela to Build Oil Refinery

UGANDA

Uganda’s Oil Find Creates Dilemma for Kenya Pipeline

WEST AFRICA

Texas Firms to Build $1.4 Billion Cote d'Ivoire Refinery

ZAMBIA

Zambia's Indeni Oil Refinery Resumes Production

RUSSIA

LUKOIL Launches New Units at Perm Refinery

KAZAKSTAN

Kazakhstan’s KazMunaiGas Seeks $3 Billion Loan to Purchase Refinery

TARTARSTAN

Fluor Selected For Refinery Project in Tatarstan

TURKMENISTAN

Turkmenistan’s Maryisk Oil Refinery Signs Modernization Agreement with Shell

IRAN

Iran to Apply Latest European Standards for 7 New Refineries

QATAR

Qatar Petroleum Plans 250,000 bpd Grassroots Refinery

SAUDI ARABIA / JAPAN

Revolutionary Refinery Design Initiative Moves Forward

 

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