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HP Editorial Comment: Is the global refining sector growing toward overcapacity?

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Nichols, Lee

The global refining sector has been a bright spot for the oil and gas industry for nearly a year.

HP Global: First phase of Middle East refinery projects nearly complete

FACTS Global Energy: Moradi, S.

The first phase of new refining capacity in the Middle East has already come onstream, with more than 1.1 MMbpcd of incremental capacity in Saudi Arabia (at SATORP and YASREF refineries) and the UAE (..

HP Business Trends

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Rhodes, Mike

To satisfy its growing refined fuel demand, Latin America has relied heavily on imports from the US. Major refinery projects have been announced to curb this reliance, but the drop in crude oil prices has limited capacity expansions.

New projects decline, but backlog holds strong

Gulf Publishing Company: Kulkarni, P.

Even after the recent downturn in oil and natural gas pricing, our analysis shows why downstream E&C companies can depend on a strong backlog to last through the decade.

KBR sets construction safety milestone at US ammonia project

HP Editorial Staff: HP Editorial Staff

At the Dyno Nobel complex, KBR's commitment to Zero Harm is reinforced with its daily and weekly site meetings, toolbox safety meetings and award recognition for employees.

HP Project Management: An update on Lang factors

Project Management Consultant: Wolf, T. E.

Lang factors are cited frequently and used within the HPI. With the ensuing changes, the question must be asked, “Do Lang factors still present a realistic approximation of capital cost today?”

HP Petrochemicals: Consultant: Managers need long-term focus to find downstream sustainability

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: DuBose, Ben

Top industry management should consider profits over the long term to make the business case for more sustainability, with a particular focus on results in the four-to-five-year range rather than on the initial year or two.

HP Refining: Peru: Modernization of the Talara refinery

Contributing Writer: Nogarin, M.

The mega-project expansion at the Talara refinery is the foundation of Petroperu’s new strategic plan to increase refining capacity and reduce the sulfur content in refined products.

Louisiana refiner contracts CB&I on $100M project for Tier 3 clean fuels

The scope of work at the refinery in Louisiana includes detailed engineering, procurement, module fabrication and site construction of a naphtha hydrotreater and a revamp of an existing gasoline selective hydrotreater, which uses CB&I's CDHydro and CDHDS technology.

Maire Tecnimont wins EPC work for upgrade of Poland’s Gdansk refinery

The deal includes the implementation of a delayed coking unit, a coker naphtha hydrotreating unit, a hydrogen production unit (licensed by KT) together with ancillary units at the Gdansk refinery.