New Refinery Projects for Sept.’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 Sept.’08.

Refinery Updates

September 2008

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

1. AMERICAS

   U.S.

Flint Hills to Add Two New Units at Corpus Christi Site

Albemarle to Raise FCC Catalyst Prices

Valero to Kick Off $2.4 Bln Expansion at Port Arthur

Western Refining Eyes Yorktown Refinery Sale to Lower $1.5 Bln Debt

Technip Wins Contract for Valero Port Arthur Expansion

BP Awards Fluor $3.8 Bln in Whiting Contracts

Three Companies Propose $1.8 Bln Floating Offshore Texas Port

E.P.A. Sued by Twelve States to Regulate Oil Refineries

Lake Charles Calcasieu Refinery Settles Clean Air Suit

$1.5 Bln Buffalo-area Plant Would Convert Coal, Petcoke into Natural Gas

   BRAZIL

Petrobras to Invest $31 Bln in Refineries

   COLOMBIA

Private Investors to Put $2.8 Bln into Colombia Refinery, Duty-free Zones

2. ASIA

   CHINA

Big Oil Refineries Turn to Smaller Independents in China

Sinopec to Double Fujian Venture Capacity to 482,000 bpd

Sinopec to Double Capacity to 502,000 bpd at Maoming Refinery

     INDONESIA

Indonesia's Energi Laga to Build 200,000 bpd Refinery

   SOUTH KOREA / MEXICO

Samsung Engineering Wins $1.5 Bln in Refinery, LNG Projects

   VIETNAM

U.S. Firm Eyes Refinery in Southern Vietnam

Idemitsu Plans Refinery and Growth in Vietnam

Vietnam and It’s Current Refineries Status

3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

   NORWAY

StatoilHydro Set to Begin Mongstad Maintenance

    NIGERIA

Official says Nigeria’s NNPC might Collapse under Debt

SOUTH AFRICA

Venezuela's Chavez to Sign South Africa Energy Deal

WEST AFRICA

CityView Corp to Ship Refinery to West Africa

BAHRAIN

Samsung Wins $300 Mln Bahrain Refinery Order

    IRAN

Iran’s $41 Bln Investment in Oil Industry

Iran to Boost Heavy Crude Refining Capacity

    IRAQ

Iraq to Award $81 Mln Upgrade Contract for Samawah Refinery to CICSCO and VECO

      KUWAIT

Kuwait Delays $15 Bln Tenders to Upgrade Refineries 

   SAUDI ARABIA

Chiyoda to Bid for $1.8 Bln JV Saudi Export Refinery Projects

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