(June 06, 2008, 9:06 AM)
Abu-Dhabi's state-owned IPIC has approved a plan for construction of a refinery at Jorf Lasfar in Morocco, the latest of several projects announced for the port on the country's Atlantic seaboard.

(June 05, 2008, 11:06 AM)
Saudi Arabia has delayed for the third time a tender for bids for a projected 250,000-400,000 b/d refinery in the southwestern province of Jizan, according to local media.

(June 04, 2008, 3:06 PM)
Aramco and Total have awarded a contract to Axens to design a 32,000 b/d vacuum gas oil fluid catalytic cracker and other units for the planned 400,000 b/d refinery in Jubail.

(May 30, 2008, 12:05 AM)
Privately owned North West Upgrading has awarded KBR a $275 million (Can.) contract to construct and fabricate an LCFining processing system for the heavy-oil upgrader it is building in Sturgeon County, Alta.

(May 19, 2008, 11:05 AM)
The Navajo Refinery in Artesia, NM, is operating at reduced rates because the FCC unit has been shut down for repairs.

(May 16, 2008, 4:05 PM)
Portugal's Galp Energia and Venezuela's PDVSA have signed five cooperation agreements concerning energy projects for oil, renewable energy, and natural gas, including two LNG liquefaction plants.

(May 16, 2008, 3:05 PM)
Saudi Aramco and ConocoPhillips have approved continued funding for the development of the Yanbu export refinery project.

(May 16, 2008, 3:05 PM)
Saudi Aramco and Total SA will construct a 400,000 b/d full-conversion refinery in Jubail city on Saudi Arabia's Persian Gulf coast. Operations are expected start in 2012.

(May 14, 2008, 12:05 AM)
Construction has begun on Vietnam's $6 billion Nghi Son refinery and petrochemical project in Thanh Hoa province, following directives issued by the country's prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung.

(May 14, 2008, 12:05 AM)
Refiners have greatly enhanced their storm preparation procedures in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, reported NPRA Pres. Charles T. Drevna to a US Senate committee May 13.

(May 13, 2008, 5:05 PM)
Linde Group and Waste Management Inc. plan to build a $15 million plant in California to convert landfill methane gas into LNG to fuel 300 trash trucks and recycling collection vehicles.

(May 13, 2008, 2:05 PM)
Venezuelan and Ecuadoran state-owned oil and gas companies PDVSA and Petroecuador plan to form a joint venture company to build and operate a 300,000 b/d refinery on Ecuador's Pacific Coast.

(May 09, 2008, 5:05 PM)
San Francisco's Bay Area Air Quality Management District announced that Tesoro R&M has agreed to pay a $1.5 million civil penalty to settle air-quality violations at its 166,000 b/d Golden Eagle refinery.

(May 09, 2008, 10:05 AM)
ONGC Mangalore & Petrochemicals has let a contract to UOP to supply technology, basic engineering services, and equipment for an aromatics complex to be built in Mangalore, India.

(May 08, 2008, 4:05 PM)
Nippon Oil Corp. and China National Petroleum Corp. have agreed to jointly manage the existing Takaishi refinery in Osaka province and to export its products to China and other regional markets.

(May 02, 2008, 12:05 AM)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad launched a $1.2 billion project to upgrade Sri Lanka's sole refinery at Sapugaskande, outside Colombo, the island nation's capital.