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HPIn Europe: Lesson learned from the US is being applied in Europe’s cap and trade system

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Wright, Tim L.

The economic pressures that have progressively ring-fenced oil products for the transportation sector over the last 40 years are about to get a significant boost from Europe’s new world-spanning ..

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

CB&I has been awarded an additional project, valued at approximately $50 million, for storage tanks at an oil-sands project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. CB&I’s scope of work includes the ..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas project, a 20-MW biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the ..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been awarded the Ras Tanura Refinery Clean Fuels and Aromatics Project, the first major project to be awarded under the Saudi Aramco general engineering and project m..

HP Construction: Asia-Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Foster Wheeler AG’s Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by Thai Oil Public Co., Ltd. for the basic design engineering package and engineering, procurement and co..

HP Construction: Total completes deep conversion project work in Port Arthur, Texas

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: DuBose, Ben

Three-year, $2.2-billion refinery project includes 50,000-bpd coker, 55,000-bpd vacuum distillation unit and the 64,000-bpd distillate hydrotreater

US refiners Holly, Frontier complete merger

HollyFrontier on Friday announced the completion of the merger of Holly Corp. and Frontier Oil Corp. The merger combines two leading independent refiners to create the most profitable (on a per barrel basis) independent refiner in the US, the companies said.

Marathon finalizes spinoff of downstream business

Marathon Oil has completed the spin-off of its downstream business, making Marathon Oil an independent upstream company and Marathon Petroleum the fifth-largest US crude oil refiner, the companies said on Friday.

July 4 travel likely to fall in US amid high fuel costs, reducing gasoline demand

The American Automobile Association (AAA) forecasts 39 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday weekend, a 2.5% decline from the 40 million people who traveled a year ago.

Valero acquires two Chevron product terminals in Kentucky

Valero Terminaling and Distribution Co., a subsidiary of Valero, has successfully completed the acquisition of Chevron’s product terminals in Louisville and Lexington, Ky., for an undisclosed amount.