Coryton Refinery in the Balance As Deadline Passes
(Wednesday, May 16, 2012) Coryton oil refinery will remain open for at least another week, despite a temporary deal to keep it open expiring Wednesday.

Delta Refines A Fallacy
(Tuesday, May 15, 2012) Note to investment bankers: start working on your pitchbook for Delta Air Lines Inc. to divest its refinery operations.

Aussie Oil Refineries Under the Pump
(Friday, May 11, 2012) The potential closure of Caltex's Kurnell oil refinery raises questions about the health of the wider industry and whether Australia actually needs a refining capacity.

PetroChina Offers $350MM for Idled Valero Aruba Refinery - Source
(Thursday, May 10, 2012) PetroChina has offered $350 million for the idled refinery in Aruba that Valero has been trying to sell for years, Dow Jones reported, citing an unnamed source.

Energy Minister: Bahrain Plans $8B Refinery Expansion
(Thursday, May 10, 2012) The Kingdom of Bahrain which was the first nation in the GCC to drill the oil in 1932 has achieved many strides in the development of the oil and gas sector in the past eight decades and now plans $8billion refinery.

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Evonik Awards Jacobs Contract for Grassroots Facility
(Tuesday, May 08, 2012) Jacobs has been awarded a contract from Evonik Industries to provide basic engineering services for an investment in a grassroots polyamide 12 production facility in Asia.

Philly Port Reaps New Business after Chem Plant Sale
(Monday, May 07, 2012) After Sunoco Inc. sold its Frankford chemical plant to Honeywell last year and cut back shipments of key raw materials, Honeywell lined up alternative suppliers in the Gulf of Mexico to bring thousands of tons of a critical industrial chemical.

Fluor to Manage Refinery, Petchem Expansions for Reliance
(Thursday, May 03, 2012) Reliance has selected Fluor to perform project management services for its projects to be executed at its world-scale Jamnagar refining and petrochemical complex on the west coast of India in Gujarat.

Foster Wheeler Wins PMC Contract for Abu Dhabi Aromatics Complex
(Monday, April 30, 2012) Foster Wheeler has won a project management consultancy (PMC) services contract from ChemaWEyaat for an aromatics complex (Stage I of the Tacaamol Project) in Abu Dhabi and the supporting infrastructure.

Shaw Proceeds with FEED for Texas Ethylene Plant
(Monday, April 30, 2012) The Shaw Group Inc. has executed an agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical to proceed with front-end engineering design (FEED) for a 1.5 million metric tons per year (3.3 billion pounds per year) grassroots ethylene plant.

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'Frenetic' US Midstream Pace Could Be Pipeline to Higher NG Prices
(Wednesday, May 16, 2012) Surging production from U.S. shale gas and tight sand basins is contributing to demand for transmission pipeline and storage capacity.

Report: Militants Blow Up Yemen Gas Pipeline Again
(Monday, May 14, 2012) Suspected Islamist militants blew up a gas pipeline in eastern Yemen on Monday for the third time in recent months as the government ratcheted up its campaign against al Qaeda linked insurgents in the south, Reuters reported.

Nord Stream Mulls Expansion; Possibly 2 More Pipelines
(Friday, May 11, 2012) The consortium that operates a natural gas pipeline that ships Russian gas to western Europe via the Baltic Sea may further expand the pipeline.

National Fuel Pulls Marcellus Pipeline from FERC Review
(Friday, May 11, 2012) National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. asked FERC staff to drop the pre-filing proceeding for its 78-mile West to East-Overbeck to Leidy Project in Pennsylvania because of scheduling issues with Marcellus Shale producers and other potential anchor shippers.

MarkWest to Expand Marcellus Gathering, Processing
(Friday, May 11, 2012) MarkWest Energy Partners LP has executed two long-term fee-based agreements allowing it to expand its Marcellus gas processing capacity and install significant gathering facilities to accommodate increasing rich gas production in West Virginia.

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LNG Exports: To Cap or Not to Cap?
(Wednesday, May 16, 2012) The drive to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the U.S. has raised concerns from the petrochemicals industry.

B.C. Export Facility Gets Green Light
(Tuesday, May 15, 2012) Shell, Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS), Mitsubishi Corporation, and PetroChina Company Limited on Tuesday announced they are developing a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Western Canada, near Kitimat, British Columbia.

Blackstone to Acquire Sabine Liquefaction Stake
(Tuesday, May 15, 2012) Proceeds from Blackstone Energy Partners' $1.5 billion purchase of Class B Units will go toward the equity portion of the Sabine Pass LNG liquefaction project.

Excelerate Unveils US Floating Liquefaction Plans
(Tuesday, May 15, 2012) Excelerate Energy is moving forward with the development of the first floating liquefaction facility in the United States.

Woodside Targets Cyprus In Gas Joint Venture
(Monday, May 14, 2012) Might the Eastern Mediterranean host Woodside's next big LNG development outside Australia?

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