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ADNOC to Restart Fire-Hit Ruwais Refinery

18.01.2017 - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) said on Jan. 17 it hoped to restart its fire-impacted Takreer refinery at Ruwais, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates before the end of...

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Grangemouth Firms Fined for Pollution

16.01.2017 - Scotland’s environmental protection agency, SEPA, has issued fines to 383 industrial companies or sites – including Ineos, BP and Syngenta at Grangemouth – for their “poor” or...

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LyondellBasell to Keep Houston Refinery

09.01.2017 - Olefins and polyolefins giant LyondellBasell has decided against selling its 268,000 bbl/d refinery at Houston, Texas, USA. Saudi Aramco and its US refining joint venture Motiva...

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Saudi Aramco and Pertamina Progress Indonesian JV

23.12.2016 - State-owned Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco and Indonesian energy group Pertamina have signed a development agreement to enable further progress on their plans to jointly...

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Four Seriously Injured in ExxonMobil Fire

28.11.2016 - As a spate of autumn accidents at chemical plants continues, ExxonMobil’s oil refinery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was hit last week by a major fire. Four workers – at least two of...

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Kuwait Petroleum Replaces IPIC in Duqm Project

15.11.2016 - Oman Oil Company (OOC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) to develop the Duqm refinery and petrochemical complex in Oman’s Al...

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Saudi Aramco Denies Texas Refinery Interest

26.10.2016 - Saudi Aramco has denied having made an offer to acquire the refinery LyondellBasell wants to sell in Houston, Texas, USA, the Saudi Press Agency said. Citing sources familiar with...

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Saudi Aramco-Motiva May Buy Lyondellbasell Refinery

08.09.2016 - Saudi Aramco and its US refining joint venture Motiva Enterprises are being touted as the front-runner to buy the Houston, Texas refinery that LyondellBasell has put up for sale...