United Arab Emirates >> 2/23/2014 - Co-hosted by Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Company Takreer, Abu Dhabi International Downstream Conference and Exhibition is the Middle East’s largest fully integrated downstream gathering. ADID brings togeth... |
Nigeria >> 2/20/2014 - The leader of Nigeria’s main Islamist militant group threatened to attack oil refineries and schools in the West African nation’s mainly Christian south. ... |
China >> 2/19/2014 - Eastern China's Shandong province has banned approvals of new oil refining projects, a state oil major said, the latest move to tackle overcapacity in the second largest oil consumer. ... |
Russia >> 2/14/2014 - In 2013, JSC Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery increased the production of high-octane gasoline by 2.5% — to 4.2 million metric tons. Of this, 3.6 million metric tons met the Euro 5 standard, a figure whic... |
Austria >> 2/12/2014 - Severe winter weather in the US caused a spike in the price of US natural gas,
driving fuel substitution in power generation and boosting demand for heating
fuels, supporting the US product markets.... |
France >> 2/5/2014 - Refiners in France lost 700 million euros ($946 million) last year as oil-processing margins shrank and the country imported more than half the diesel it used. ... |
Senegal >> 2/3/2014 - Senegal will keep its one, ageing oil refinery in operation after the government completed a strategic review to determine its future, industry sources familiar with the matter said. ... |
Saudi Arabia >> 1/30/2014 - A major Red Sea oil refinery joint venture between Saudi Arabia and China is on schedule and expected to be operational in the third quarter of this year, state news agency SPA reported the kingdom's ... |
Russia >> 1/23/2014 - The Moscow Oil Refinery processed 11.08 million tons of oil in 2013, surpassing the result of the previous year by 3.8% and becoming a new record of the company. ... |
Austria >> 1/16/2014 - Product markets saw a mixed performance in December, with the top of the
barrel slightly strengthening, as naphtha continues strong on the back of higher
petrochemical demand; however, this improvem... |
Canada >> 12/23/2013 - CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $55 million by the North West Redwater Partnership (NWRP), a joint venture between North West Upgrading Inc. and Canadian Natural Upgr... |
Russia >> 12/20/2013 - Rosneft began handling and installing oversize equipment at its Kuibyshev, Syzran, Achinsk, Komsomolsk and Angarsk refineries in early December, following the unique transport operations, one of which... |
United States >> 12/18/2013 - BP announced all of the major new units associated with the Whiting modernization project have been successfully brought on stream. The start-up of the new 102,000 barrel per day coker in mid-Novembe... |
Uganda >> 12/16/2013 - Uganda has selected six bidders for the development of its planned refinery, bringing the east African country closer to starting long-delayed crude production. ... |
South Sudan >> 12/12/2013 - Black Rhino Group, a New York-based infrastructure-development company, may build a $3 billion refinery in South Sudan as Africa’s newest nation seeks to become self-sufficient in oil products. ... |
Austria >> 12/10/2013 - Product markets remained relatively weak worldwide during November. The top
of the barrel continued to be seasonally weak, despite some positive signs of
increasing seasonal demand for naphtha. This... |
Mexico >> 12/8/2013 - IBERDROLA INGENIERIA has been awarded a 66 million Euro contract in Mexico to build an interconnection system that will join Salamanca’s cogeneration plant to Ingeniero Antonio M. Amor refinery (RIAMA... |
Brazil >> 11/22/2013 - Petrobras signed the Premium II Refinery indigenous agreement in Fortaleza (CE) as part of licensing process to start construction work on the refinery. ... |
United States >> 11/20/2013 - US gasoline demand stood at around 9.0 mb/d in October, around 260 tb/d higher than
in the previous month, and up by around 300 tb/d from the same month a year earlier.
Undeterred by lower refinery ... |
China >> 11/15/2013 - The Asian market showed mixed performance during October as the light
distillates crack spread continued to weaken, with plentiful supplies weighing on
margins for gasoline and naphtha, while tight ... |