Subject: New Refinery Projects for August ‘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 August ‘07.
Refinery Updates August 2007
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
1. AMERICAS
U.S.
Coffeyville Refinery Announces EPA-Approved Oil Cleanup Plan
ExxonMobil Restarts Hydrocracker at Baytown Refinery
Graham Corp Wins $9.5 Mln Vacuum System Order for U.S. Gulf Refinery Expansion Project
BP Cherry Point Refinery Shelves Plan for $500 Mln Power PlantBP Refinery in Whiting Returns Unit to Production
Permits Approved for BP Refinery $3.8 Bln Expansion to Allow more Toxins into Lake
Bakersfield Kern Refinery to Evaluate Sale
BP’s Carson, CA Refinery Hydrocracker Restarts
Air Agency OKs Bay Area Refinery Flare Reduction
Coffeyville Refinery Operations to Resume By Mid September
Murphy Oil Seeks to Expand Wisconsin Refinery to 235,000 bpd
BP’s 405,000 bpd Whiting Refinery at Full Capacity Next Year
House Urges Reconsideration of Whiting Permit
Husky Shuts down Its Lima, OH Refinery after Fire Damage
BP Whiting Refinery Permit to Trim Mercury Discharges
Husky Looks South for Refining Solutions and Assesses Impact of Fire on Lima, Ohio Refinery
CANADA
Shell Applies to Build $25 Bln Edmonton Oil Sands Plant
CANADA / US
Marathon Evaluating Refinery Projects To Run Canadian Crude
CENTRAL AMERICA
Reliance Industries to Bid for $7 Bln Refinery in Central America
International Interest in a Central America Refinery Progresses
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Shell to Reveal Buyers of its Stake in Dominican Refinery
NICARAGUA
Chavez Inaugurates 150,000 bpd Refinery in Nicaragua
VENEZUELA
Pdvsa Reopens Crude Oil Facilities in Amuay Refinery
2. ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Australia’s Caltex in the Market for Rivals' Refineries
INDIA
Indian Oil to Shut Two Refineries in Gujarat for Maintenance
RPL may Complete Jamnagar Refinery next Year
ONGC to Set up New 66,000 tpy Mini-refinery at Tatipaka
IOC Plans Maintenance Work at 2 units in Sept.
INDONESIA
Iran, Indonesia to Build $5.6 Bln Refinery
Indonesia to Sign over $7 Bln Energy Deals with S. Korea
THAILAND
Thai Refinery Listings Expected in 2008
VIETNAM
Vietnam to Adhere to Timetable in Construction of First Oil refinery
3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
LITHUANIA
Lithuania’s Mazeikiu Refinery Sale Plans Troubled
Technip to Build Paraxylene Complex at Polish Refinery
Technip Wins Gdansk Refinery Contract
SARDINIA
Saras Completes Mild Hydrocracking Catalyst Substitution
GHANA
Police Investigate Ghana’s Tema Oil Refinery Theft
KENYA
Kenya Refinery Seeks Partner in Upgrading Project
SYRIA
China, Syria in Talks on Possible $1 Bln Refinery Project
RUSSIA
LukOil to Invest $3 Bln in Refinery in Russian Republic of Kalmykia
Jacobs Consultancy Receives Contract for Refinery Upgrade Project in Russia
AZERBAIJAN
Heydar Aliyev Refinery Resumes Liquefied Gas Production
Azerbaijhan State Oil Company to Build Refineries Abroad
KUWAIT
Kuwait Increases Refinery Budget to $14 Bln
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