New Refinery Projects for August ’08
New refinery projects are reported monthly in Pumps World Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019. Here are the project titles for the
month of Aug.’08.
REFINERY UPDATE
August 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
OPEC Says Refined Product Deficits Could Sharpen By 2015
Enviro Group Challenges $3.8 Billion Whiting Expansion Plan
Valero Concurs with CSB Findings on Refinery Fire
$650,000 EPA Grant to Aid Houston in Ship Channel Study
Valero’s Ardmore, Memphis Refineries Remain under Review
Report Says Safety Violations Continue at BP Refinery
LA Refinery Operations Normal despite Mississippi River Spill
Texas Refinery Back To 95 Percent Capacity by End of ‘08
No Harmful Impact from Sulfur Spill at Chevron’s Richmond Refinery
Foster Wheeler Wins Feed for Grassroots Refinery and Petrochemicals Complex In Vietnam
Interline Announces Completion of NorthCut Refinery
ExxonMobil Plans $550 Million Expansion of Baton Rouge Refinery
Total Restarts 9 Units at Port Arthur Refinery
Court Orders Apex Oil to Perform $150 Million Environmental Cleanup
Richmond OK's Chevron's $1 Billion Refinery Upgrade
Valero Cutting Back to Survive Refining Downturn
BP To Upgrade Refinery to Run 80 Percent Canada Heavy Crude
ABB Signs $61 Million Frame Agreement for Petrobras Refineries
Siemens Wins Landmark Process Compression Order from Petrobras
Venezuela, Ecuador Plan $6.6 Billion Pacific Coast Refinery Complex
Brazil, Trinidad-Tobago to Assess Refinery Projects
Venezuela Plans $4.3 Billion Refinery in Cuba
Pdvsa Fixes Cracker in Venezuela’s Amuay Refinery
PetroChina Awards UOP Contract for Integrated Complex
Qatargas, CNPC and Shell to Build Joint Venture Refinery in China
India’s Chennai Petro to Shut Refinery Units in August
Pertamina Eyes Building Refinery with Kuwaiti Investor
SK Energy Completes Lube Base Oil Plant in Indonesia
Vietnam, Venezuela May Build Refinery
Foster Wheeler Awarded Italy Refinery Expansion Contract
Lukoil Expands its Network by Acquiring Turkish Fuel Distributor Akpet
Star Consortium, Libya's NOC Reach $2 Billion Upgrade Refinery Deal
Foster Wheeler Gets Russia Refinery Expansion Contract
Iran to Shut 180,000 bpd Crude Unit at Largest Refinery for Maintenance
Kuwait to Offer $3 Billion Refinery Contracts
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