Keyword: refineries

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Refining Underpins Shell Q3 as Output Stalls

01.11.2012 - World No. 2 oil company Royal Dutch Shell, seen as having some of the best output growth assets in the business, joined its peers in suffering lower production in the third quarter...

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Strong Refining Margins Boost Total Q3

31.10.2012 - French oil company Total reported a 20% rise in third-quarter net adjusted profit to €.348 billion on Wednesday, beating analysts' expectations thanks to a sharp increase in...

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Four US East Coast Refiners Shuts Sandy Nears

29.10.2012 - The second-largest refinery on the U.S. East Coast was shutting down on Sunday and three other plants cut output as Hurricane Sandy threatened widespread power outages and a...

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Rafinerija Nafte Brod Selects Technology from Honeywell's UOP and ExxonMobil

29.10.2012 - UOP, a Honeywell company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) announced today that Rafinerija Nafte Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina's sole oil refinery, has...

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Union Calls on Total Refining Workers to Join Nov. 5 Strike

27.10.2012 - Total refinery workers will join a sector strike next month against the possible liquidation of the former Petroplus refinery in northern France, the French major's union...

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LyondellBasell to Pay Special Dividend Despite Decline in Profit

27.10.2012 - Chemical maker and refiner LyondellBasell Industries posted a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday, due in part to high costs for crude oil-derived chemicals in European...

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Explosion Kills 24 at Venezuela's Biggest Refinery

25.08.2012 - An explosion tore through Venezuela's biggest oil refinery on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, wounding more than 80 and halting operations at the huge facility in the OPEC...

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Tesoro Eyes West Coast Empire with BP Refinery Deal

13.08.2012 - Tesoro moved on Monday to create the biggest U.S. refining empire in the Pacific Basin with a $2.5 billion deal to buy BP's Carson plant in the isolated California market. If...