Subject:  New Refinery Projects for Dec. ‘07

 

New refinery projects are reported monthly to Pumps World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019 .

Here are the project titles for the month of Dec. ‘07.

REFINERY UPDATE

December 2007

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

AMERICAS

U.S.

Valero has Refinery Fire in Port Arthur, Texas

Valero to Spend $1.4 Billion Expanding Its Louisiana Refinery

Tesoro Uncertain when Hawaii Refinery Unit will again Produce after Storm Damage

Exxon Reports Los Angeles Refinery Flaring, Upset

Analysts Say Sunoco to Sell Tulsa Refinery

BP Texas Refinery Ramp-Up May Stretch Into Late November

NTR Retains Foster Wheeler for Engineering Work at Bakersfield CA Refinery

UOP’s New Slurry Hydrocracking Tech for Heavy Crude, Bitumen

Refinery Gets Nod from North Sioux Development Group

Delaware Refinery's Former Owner, Motiva Hit with $650,000 Penalty

Quebec, Texas Refinery Expansions Pushed To 2011 by Valero

BP Texas Refinery Ramp-Up May Stretch Into Late November

NTR Retains Foster Wheeler for Engineering Work at Bakersfield CA Refinery

UOP’s New Slurry Hydrocracking Tech for Heavy Crude, Bitumen

Marathon Forging Ahead on $1.9 Billion Refinery Expansion

BP L.A. Refinery Reports Mechanical Problem Triggers Sulfur Dioxide Release

ARUBA

Valero Net Falls and Puts Aruba Refinery on Block

CANADA

KBR Wins Contract for Canadian Gasifer Unit

Repairs Underway at Canada’s Scotford Upgrader after Gas Leak

Irving Submits Environmental Plan for New Refinery

$2 Billion Refinery Upgrade Key to PetroCan's Oilsands Strategy

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Dominican Government to Buy Shell’s 50 Percent Stake in Refinery

ASIA

CHINA

China and Russia Agree to Build Oil Refinery in Tianjin

Shell Loses to BP on Chinese Refinery

INDIA

Essar to Invest $6 Billion to Expand Refinery

INDONESIA

Pertamina, Wahana to Build $20 Million Refinery in East Java

MALAYSIA

China's CNPC to Acquire Stake in Malaysian Oil Refinery

VIETNAM

Foreign Firms to Build $1.7 Billion Oil Refinery in Central Vietnam

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

FRANCE

Total Says No Leaks in Gonfreville's Cracking Unit

IRELAND

ConocoPhillips says Irish Whitegate Refinery no longer for Sale

LITHUANIA

Lithuania's Mazeikiu Refinery Online after Two-month $80 Million Upgrade

ROMANIA

Lukoil Awards Foster Wheeler CFB Contract for Romania Refinery

Foster Wheeler to Supply Steam Generator to Lukoil Romania

SARDINIA

Saras Considers Investment Ideas for Several Sarroch Refinery Upgrade Projects

UNITED KINGDOM

WoodMac to Consult for UK Upgrader Project

KENYA

BPCL Joins Race for Kenya Petroleum Refinery

SOUTH AFRICA

South Africa’s Coega Industrial Zone in Line for 200,000 bpd Oil Refinery and LNG Terminal

RUSSIA

Tatneft Eyes Courts over Ukraine Oil Losses

IRAN

Iran’s Ilam Refinery Phase 1 to come on Stream December 6

SAUDI ARABIA

Worley Parsons Close to $8 Billion Contract with Saudi Arabian Oil

 

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