Keyword: refinery

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US States Sue EPA over Chemical Accident Rule Delay

04.08.2017 - A coalition of attorneys general from 16 Democrat-led US states including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon...

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Commission Clears Ineos-BP Pipeline Deal

20.07.2017 - The European Commission has approved Ineos’ acquisition of BP’s North Sea pipelines for up to $250 million. The deal includes the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) that links 85 oil...

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Indian Majors Link in Refinery/Petchems Project

20.06.2017 - Major state-owned companies Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum have signed an agreement to build what they say will be one of the world’s largest integrated...

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Saudi Aramco Completes Buy of Shell’s Port Arthur Refinery Stake

10.05.2017 - Saudi Aramco has now taken full control of the Port Arthur refinery in Texas, which it up to now has operated as a 50:50 joint venture, Motiva Enterprises, with the Shell group...

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CSB Finds Poor Safety Caused ExxonMobil Blast

09.05.2017 - Failure to follow proper safety standards and worn-out equipment were behind the February 2015 explosion at ExxonMobil’s Torrance refinery in the state of California, the US...

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HPCL and Mittal Plan Punjab Petchem Complex

09.05.2017 - Hindustan Petroleum Corp. (HPCL) and Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal will invest about $3 billion to set up a petrochemical complex in Punjab, India, according to the Times of...

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Ineos Takes BP Pipeline for $250 Million

04.04.2017 - As widely expected, Ineos has clinched a deal with BP to buy the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) that transport 575,000 bbl/d of oil from the UK’s first major offshore oil field...

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Saudi Aramco Shelves Venture with Petronas

26.01.2017 - Saudi Aramco has suspended plans to partner Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas in the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (RAPID) project in Johor...