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.
Month: March 2009
Holly refinery workers win new labor pact (The Salt Lake Tribune)
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.
Fire erupts Friday afternoon at East Tennessee corn refinery plant (WVLT-TV Knoxville)
A fire ignited Friday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. at the Tate and Lyle corn refinery plant in Loudon, according to Loudon Police.
(AFX UK Focus) 2009-03-13 15:43 UPDATE 1-Conoco restarting 139,000 bpd L.A.-area refinery (Interactive Investor)
HOUSTON, March 13 (Reuters) – ConocoPhillips said Friday it was restarting its 139,000 barrel per day Los Angeles-area refinery in Wilmington, California after the plant was shut by a power outage on Wednesday. “The refinery is in restart mode and plans to resume normal operations over the next few days,” Conoco spokesman Bill Stephens said in a statement. The refinery was safely shut down after …
Ivory Coast Plans to Build $7 Billion Refinery, Fraternite Says (Bloomberg)
March 13 (Bloomberg) — Ivory Coast is in talks with Venezuela-based Arevenca to build a $7 billion refinery in the western port of San Pedro, Fraternite-Matin reported.
PetroChina, Venezuela to Build Guangdong Oil Refinery (Update1) (Bloomberg)
March 13 (Bloomberg) — PetroChina Co. and Venezuela will build a refinery in Guangdong province that will rival the biggest Chinese oil-processing plant by capacity as the two nations reinforce their energy ties.