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Pertamina and Rosneft to Build in Indonesia

31.05.2016 - Indonesia’s oil and gas giant Pertamina and Russia’s Rosneft Oil have signed a framework cooperation agreement to develop an oil refining and petrochemical complex in Tuban, in the...

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Domo and Total Exploit Synergies at Leuna

09.05.2016 - German nylon and intermediates producer Domo Chemicals is undertaking a joint project with Total Raffinerie Mitteldeutschland at their shared site in Leuna, the former German...

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LyondellBasell Houston Refinery Restarts

04.05.2016 - LyondellBasell expected to increase production at its 263,000 barrel per day Houston, Texas, refinery this week following the restart of a vacuum distillation (VDU) unit attached...

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SABIC, Aramco Mull Refinery JV in Yanbu

13.04.2016 - Saudi Arabian oil and petchems majors Aramco and SABIC are studying the feasibility of joint refinery and integrated downstream petrochemicals production, the news agency Bloomberg...

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Fires Strike Two Texas Refineries

11.04.2016 - Two fires that broke out at the respective refineries of LyondellBasell and ExxonMobil in the Houston, Texas, area on Apr. 7 and 8 are believed to have caused extensive damage, but...

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Rosneft Beefing up German Refinery Holdings

20.01.2016 - Plans unveiled last year by BP of the UK and Russian oil conglomerate Rosneft to reshuffle their shareholdings in the German refinery sector have now been approved by the boards of...

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Air Liquide Starts Hydrogen Site at Yanbu

30.07.2015 - French industrial gases producer Air Liquide has started up its €350m global-scale hydrogen production site at Yanbu Industrial City in Saudi Arabia, where it has a long-term...

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Operational Excellence

03.06.2013 - Shifts In Global Competition - The European refining and petrochemicals industry faces significant structural challenges. A declining demand for many refinery products and...