Bahamas >> 10/17/2016 - After a rather challenging period for the petroleum industry; low crude price and economic slowdown in certain key regions, the industry is looking how best to adapt to these new conditions and plan f... |
Austria >> 10/12/2016 - Product markets in the Atlantic Basin showed mixed performances as margins
fell in the US, hit by a seasonal slowing of gasoline domestic demand as the
driving season ended. In Europe, margins were ... |
Oman >> 10/11/2016 - The Sohar Refinery Expansion Project is inching towards a soft opening by the end of 2016 as planned earlier. The $2.7-billion project should be completed by the end of first quarter of 2017, said Sal... |
China >> 10/10/2016 - Equipment at an oil refinery in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing caught fire and exploded on Sunday, state media said, in the country's latest industrial accident. ... |
China >> 10/10/2016 - A newly built Chinese refinery near its border with Myanmar is facing a delayed start-up after state firm PetroChina balked at paying an extra tax for piping crude oil through the Southeast Asian nati... |
Russia >> 10/6/2016 - LUKOIL has successfully completed reconstruction of the diesel fuel hydrodearomatization block of the hydrocracker at Perm Refinery, accommodating it for hydrodewaxing. This modernization will allow t... |
India >> 10/6/2016 - Sri Lanka will build a second refinery with a capacity of at least 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in a tie-up with Indian Oil Corp, a top Sri Lankan official said on Thursday, a move that strengthens N... |
United Kingdom >> 9/26/2016 - Amec Foster Wheeler has won a contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site in the UK. The contract, valued at £7m, was awarded by Dounreay Site Restoration Limited ... |
Iraq >> 9/25/2016 - Mr. Jabbar A. Allibi the minister of oil to present the Nasiriya refinery in Thi-Qar province to be invested by the domestic & foreign companies. ... |
Iraq >> 9/22/2016 - Mr. Jabbar A. Allibi the minister of oil said that it is necessary to restart Baiji refinery in Salah Uddin province to make use of it in providing and producing the oil derivatives for the local use,... |
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United States >> 9/22/2016 - Refinery utilization in the US averaged around 93% in August, corresponding to 16.7 mb/d, a level similar to the previous month and to the same month a year ago. Refinery levels were impacted by heavy... |
United Arab Emirates >> 9/19/2016 - Since oil prices began to fall in 2015, the oil, gas and petrochemicals sector in the Middle East has been looking for ways to increase efficiency and maximise profitability of their assets. This has ... |
Brazil >> 9/16/2016 - Petrobras hereby announces that for the fourth consecutive month, the Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST) achieved record oil processing volume. In August, the refinery processed 3.09 million barrels, equiv... |
Netherlands/Holland >> 9/16/2016 - Shell formally marked the start-up of a new aromatics unit at its Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the company stated in a press release. ... |
Austria >> 9/12/2016 - Product markets in the Atlantic Basin strengthened during August on the back of
positive performances at the top of the barrel. Gasoline was supported by strong
US demand amid export opportunities t... |
Venezuela >> 9/10/2016 - In order to maintain the profitability of refinery operations in Curacao and Aruba, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) is implementing a crude oil blending strategy, using light crude acquired throu... |
China >> 9/8/2016 - Chinese conglomerate Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group plans to double capacity of a joint venture refining project to 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2020, two years after the first phase starts up, ... |
Yemen >> 9/4/2016 - Yemen's 150,000 barrels per day Aden oil refinery resumed operations after being shut for more than a year as the conflict in the country worsened, an industry official at the refinery said. ... |
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Austria >> 9/4/2016 - Product markets in Europe showed mixed performances during July, with gasoline and gasoil crack spreads weakening due to regional oversupply, while the bottom of the barrel continued exhibiting a stro... |
Venezuela >> 9/1/2016 - Cardon refinery, belonging to PDVSA’s Paraguana Refining Center (Centro de Refinacion Paraguana) located in Falcon state, was affected by an allegedly provoked electrical interruption at dawn. This d... |