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Statoil sells fuel, retail unit, turns focus to upstream

Statoil joins a long string of oil majors offloading their retail holdings and leaving a challenging market where profits are pressured by high crude oil prices. The deal will give Canadian buyer Alimentation Couche-Tard around 2,300 fuel stations across Scandinavia, Poland, the Baltics and Russia.

Singapore to study LNG bunkering amid search for cleaner marine fuels

Singapore maritime officials are studying the feasibility of LNG bunkering in Singapore in collaboration with DNV and 21 industry partners. The industry is looking to LNG as a cleaner marine fuel to meet international regulations as LNG has lower emissions compared with conventional marine diesel oil.

Delta Air looks at buying ConocoPhillips refinery

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Burdened by the soaring cost of jet fuel, Delta is thinking of making some of its own by acquiring the idled 185,000 bpd Trainer refinery near Philadelphia, sources say.

Chevron sees downstream margins up in refining, down in marketing

US energy major Chevron says its downstream earnings in the first quarter are expected to be higher, reflecting improved refining and chemicals margins, lower operating expenses, and gains on asset sales. International refinery crude-input volumes were up slightly compared to the fourth quarter.

Phillips 66 to focus on chemical, pipeline units, less on fuels - CEO

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The ConocoPhillips downstream spinoff will focus on growing its chemical and midstream segments at the expense of refining due to the weak outlook for fuel demand.

HP Construction: North America

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, L.P. has selected Exterran to design, manufacture and construct a natural gas-processing plant in South Texas. The project includes engineering, procurement and constructi..

HP Construction: Europe

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

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..

HP Construction: Middle East

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

Siemens Industry Automation Division is providing Abu Dhabi Oil Refining Co. (Takreer) with a Zimpro wet-air oxidation (WAO) system to treat refinery spent caustic as part of Takreer’s refinery e..

HP Construction: Asia Pacific

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Meche, Helen

The Shaw Group Inc. has a contract to provide the technology license and process design package for the revamp of Star Petroleum Refining Co.’s residue fluid catalytic-cracking (RFCC) unit in Map..

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.