Subject:  New Refinery Projects for Feb. ‘08

 

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 Feb. ’08.

REFINERY UPDATE

 

February 2008

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

 

AMERICAS

U.S.

$300 Million Placid Refinery Expansion on Schedule

ExxonMobil Plans Baton Rouge Investment to Exceed $350 Million

Fluor Awarded Marathon's $1.9 Billion Detroit Refinery Expansion Contract

Sierra Club Sues Shell over Deer Park Refinery Pollution

South Dakota Plan Passes Hurdle for $10 Billion Refinery

CB&I Gets $285 Million Contract for Refinery Expansion Project

Refinery Expansions in Great Lakes States need Closer Scrutiny

Valero Interested In Buying BP Texas City Refinery

Murphy Oil Plans Work at Meraux, LA, Refinery

Warren Resources Charged for Four Oil Spills in Refinery

CANADA

Province OK's $5 Billion Placentia Bay Refinery Component Studies

Suncor Predicts Fewer Delays after Falling Short in 2007

CUBA

Cienfuegos Refinery Begins Processing Crude Oil

ARGENTINA

Shell Refinery to be Fined by Argentina

ECUADOR

Ecuador to Spend $300 Million on Esmeraldas Revamp

VENEZUELA

Pdvsa Finishes Commissioning of El Palito Refinery

Venezuela to Build $5 Billion Refinery in Ecuador

ASIA

CHINA

China's Sinopec to Expand Wuhan Refinery's Capacity by 30 Percent

CNPC Looks to Large Refineries for Growth

China Trader Sinochem Starts Building 1st Refinery for $2.47 Billion

THAILAND

Thailand’s IRPC Plans $2.1 Billion Expansion

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

EUROPE

EU to Phase in CO2 Auctions for Refinery

Europe’s February Refinery Maintenance to be Light

FRANCE

ExxonMobil to Shutter Naphtha Unit at French Refinery

HUNGARY

Hungary Says New CO2 Plan to Curb Windfall Profits

Hungary MOL Announces Refinery Maintenance Program

ITALY

Italy Planned to Revise CO2 Plan to EU by End of 2007

LITHUANIA

Lithuania PKN Refinery Says Back to Full Capacity

Mazeikiu Nafta Recommissions Vacuum Distillation Tower

NETHERLANDS

Shell Plans Pernis Work in April, September and an Additional $1.44 Billion Investment over Time

ROMANIA

Romania to Contest EU Carbon Emission Cuts

TURKEY

IOC may Get Lower Stake in Turkey Refiner

UNITED KINGDOM

Exxon Plans Partial UK Fawley Refinery Maintenance in February

KENYA

Essar Oil Buys into Kenya Refinery with Plans for $400 to $450 Million Upgrade

NIGERIA

Nigeria Slates New Oil refineries for 2011 or 2012.

RUSSIA

Krasnoyarsk Krai Expected to Make Oil Refinery Announcement

AZERBAIJAN

Baku Oil Refinery Stops Rig for Petrol and Liquefied Gas Production

BRUNEI

Proposed 200,000 bpd Brunei Oil Refinery to Export to East Asia

IRAQ

Massive Fire in Iraq's Largest Oil Refinery

Iraq Plans Two Oil Refineries at $300 Million

SAUDI ARABIA

Delays Threaten Saudi Aramco's Three JV Refineries Construction

 

 

 

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