India: refinery capacity doubled
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), India, will double its Visakhapatnam (India) refinery capacity to 300,000 barrels per day in three years and has offered Saudi Aramco a stake in the expanded unit, the company’s chairman said.
Germany: copolymers boost
BASF is increasing its production capacity for copolymers of vinyl chloride to 12,000 tons/year at its Ludwigshafen, Germany, site.
Virgin islands: hydro-treating unit
Technip (Paris) has been awarded, by Hovensa, a lump sum turnkey contract for a new hydro-treating unit to be located at its refinery in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands.
India: MRPL capacity expansion
ONGC, India, is planning to expand the capacity of Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL), India, to 15 million tonnes.
Nigeria: Eni LNG projects
Italy’s Eni is planning to more than quadruple its liquefaction capacity by 2008, concentrating on new projects in North and West Africa as part of a wider strategic plan to strengthen the company’s presence in European gas markets and in the liquefied natural gas (LNG).