Americas
Phillips 66 restarts all Alliance refinery units after Hurricane Isaac outage
The 247,000 bpd refinery was taken offline during the approach of Isaac, which made landfall in southeast Louisiana Aug. 28 as a Category 1 hurricane and caused flooding at the refinery. Phillips 66 said Saturday it had restarted some unspecified units at Alliance.
Keyera acquires NGL shipping terminal in Texas from ExxonMobil
The terminal is expected to be used initially to handle receipt and delivery of propane, butane, iso-butane and NGL mix for delivery into North American markets. The acquisition includes approximately 39 acres of land, four rail and six truck loading spots, and NGL storage tanks.
Dow taps Fluor to engineer Texas propylene project
Fluor successfully completed the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract, thereby setting the stage for this next-phase EPCm project award, the company said. Fluor will book the undisclosed value in the third quarter. The project is underway with estimated mechanical completion by 2015.
PolyOne expands polymer innovation centers in US, China, South Korea
PolyOne says its investment to upgrade the centers will further serve the needs of customers interested in collaborating to solve product and performance challenges, while accelerating their speed to market.
US raises mandate for alternative diesel fuel usage
Joe Jobe, CEO of the National Biodiesel Board, said the decision "will allow biodiesel plants across the country to invest and expand" and "sends a strong signal that the US is standing firm behind its commitment to strengthen energy security and break dependence on petroleum."
Mexico's Pemex chooses Bechtel for technology at new Tula refinery
The $12.54 million contract awarded to Bechtel is for the design-and-licensing costs for a coker plant with a capacity of 166,000 bpd, Pemex said. The new Tula refinery is being built near a current Pemex refinery and is designed to increase the production of low-sulfur gasoline and diesel fuel.
TPC to restart idled Texas dehydrogenation unit
The project includes the refurbishment and restart of dehydrogenation assets at TPC's Houston site. The dehydrogenation will provide isobutylene feedstock for TPC’s performance products and fuels business, the company said, including MTBE, polyisobutylene, high-purity isobutylene and diisobutylene.
Phillips 66 chooses west Houston site to build new global headquarters
Phillips 66 is working on a design and intends to begin construction when plans are finalized and permitting is in place. The campus will include office space, conference and training facilities, along with wellness and dining options. Once ground is broken, construction should take between 24-36 months.
IEA sees high refinery activity boosting fuel supply
The Paris-based energy watchdog, which represents major oil-consumer nations, expects refiners to process around 75.7 million bpd of crude in the third and fourth quarters, 1.3 million bpdmore than in the last quarter of 2011. Behind the output rise is unexpectedly high production in developed economies.
Investigation into Chevron refinery fire in California finds thinned pipe wall
An inspection of a 4-foot segment of a pipe leading from the refinery's crude distillation unit showed its walls were 1/16 of an inch thick, down from its normal 5/16 of an inch, said Daniel Horowitz, spokesman for the Chemical Safety Board, an independent agency that probes refinery accidents.
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