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CB&I’s Lummus Technology business sector has been awarded two separate contracts by a client in Russia. The combined value of the contracts is approximately $120 million. The first contract was a..

Essar finishes Vadinar refinery expansion in India

Essar Oil on Friday announced the completion of the $1.81 billion expansion of its Vadinar refinery with the successful commissioning of the final delayed coker unit (DCU), which is amongst the world's largest. The expansion gives the Vadinar refinery the capability to process much heavier crude diet.

UK strike threat boosts Europe oil product demand

Surging retail fuel sales in the UK amid a threat of a tanker drivers strike are supporting demand in Europe's diesel and gasoline markets. The higher premiums often provide a temporary boost to the struggling European refining sector, as they translate into higher profit margins.

US oil demand down in February as consumers switch to natural gas - API

Total US petroleum deliveries fell 2.3% this February compared with February 2011, pulled down by a decline in residual fuel oil (40.2%) and other oil (liquid petrochemical feedstocks, naphtha and gasoil) deliveries. The steep decline in residual fuel demand related to users switching to natural gas.

Eni sees 2012–2015 output growth above 3% per year on higher capex

Eni SpA, Italy's biggest oil and natural gas company by volume, said Thursday that its new, four-year, EUR59.6 billion investment plan estimates average annual hydrocarbon production growth of more than 3% through 2015.

Essar commissions diesel hydrotreater unit in India

Essar Energy plc, the India-focused integrated energy company, announced that Essar Oil Ltd. has successfully commissioned diesel hydrotreater unit 1 (DHDT-1) as part of the Phase I expansion at its Vadinar refinery in India.

National fuel-retailing association speaks out on rising transportation fuel prices

"The retail fuels market is a complex system that is influenced by a wide number of factors. The best strategy for providing long-term relief and stability to consumers is to enact a comprehensive transportation energy policy," National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) Vice President of Government Relations, John Eichberger, told Congress.

OPEC pins high oil prices on speculators, IEA warns of supply woes

Leaders of some of the world's largest oil producing nations Wednesday pinned current high oil prices primarily on market speculators, just as consuming nations warned that even present increased output levels are being more than offset by numerous supply problems.

Petrobras to boost gasoline, diesel imports in 2012

Brazil's Petrobras will need to import more gasoline and diesel fuel in 2012 as the company's refineries continue to fall short of domestic demand, Petrobras downstream director Paulo Roberto Costa said. Petrobras is also suffering from delays to refinery projects that will help trim the company's shortfall.

Motiva to convert N.J. storage to ULSD, biodiesel

Motiva plans to convert all of its high sulfur diesel heating oil (2000 ppm) storage to ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD) (15 ppm) at its Sewaren Terminal in New Jersey. That will allow Motiva Sewaren, a 5mn bbl refined products terminal, to take deliveries of ULSD for NYMEX-based contracts via marine and pipeline.