Tag: crude oil
PetroChina begins laying crude pipeline
PetroChina has begun laying a pipeline that will send crude oil from northwestern China and Kazakhstan to feed its new refinery currently under construction in southwestern Sichuan. The pipeline is scheduled to commence operation in 2012 and will wind 878km from Lanzou city to Pengzhou city in Sichuan.
Venezuela and Brazil to sign pact
The respective presidents of Venezuela and Brazil, Hugo Chavez and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, will sign a number of energy sector agreements later this week.
HHI wins sub-sea pipeline project
HHI has won an order for sub-sea pipelines worth USD 120 million from SINOPEC (China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.) on a turn-key basis.
Hyundai wins Nigerian oil project
South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, has won a USD 480 million contract to build oil facilities in Nigeria.
Jacobs wins Dutch refining contracts
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company has received a letter of intent from the Netherlands Refining Company bv (Nerefco) to take over multiple ongoing projects at their oil refinery in The Netherlands.
Foster Wheeler wins Venezuelan upgrader project
Foster Wheeler Ltd’s Fired Heater Division was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract by Grupo Alvica, a joint venture of Fluor Daniel and Inelectra, for the supply of two delayed coker furnaces.