Day: March 13, 2009

Congratulations goes to the Marathon gasoline station at Lake Michigan Drive and Wilson Ave. in

…but please lower your prices until you need to buy that more expensive gasoline! Folks-

PetroChina said it had received government permission to build a new refinery in southern China to process heavy crude oil from Venezuela.The joint PetroChina and Venezuelan project will result in a refinery that can process 200,000 barrels per day, El Universal reported Friday.General Manager Jiang Jiemin of PetroChina’s parent company China National Petroleum Corp., said PetroChina would own …

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Mexican mining and metals concern Industrias Penoles SAB (PE&OLES.MX) said Friday it has declared force majeure on contractual commitments as a strike at its silver and lead refinery continues into its second month.

CARACAS, Venezuela, March 13 (UPI) — PetroChina said it had received government permission to build a new refinery in southern China to process heavy crude oil from Venezuela.

Workers at the Holly refinery in Woods Cross have reached an accord on a new labor contract that calls for them to receive a 3 percent increase in their wages for each of the next three years.