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Pacific NorthWest LNG, a unit of Malaysia's Petronas, still plans to make a final decision on the construction of a...

Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas Wins $500 Mln Order from Pemex

Spanish oil engineering company Tecnicas Reunidas said on Monday it had won a contract from Mexican state-run oil company Pemex...

Catalytic Processes Could Yield Alternatives to Refineries, Ethane Crackers

A California-based company claims that it has found a commercially viable technique to directly convert natural gas into liquid fuels...

U.S. Refinery Margins Down 6.7 Pct Last Week -Credit Suisse

U.S. regional refining margins fell 6.66 percent on average in the week ended Sept. 12, declining in three out of the...

Shell, Motiva to Pay Back Wages to U.S. Workers -Labor Dept.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc's U.S. subsidiary Shell Oil Co and the company's Motiva Enterprises joint-venture with Saudi Aramco have agreed...

Venezuela’s PDVSA Says Ends ‘Major’ Maintenance on Puerto La Cruz Refinery

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA said on Wednesday it completed a "major" 42-day maintenance on a distillation unit at its...

Hess, PDVSA Receive Offer for U.S. Virgin Island’s Hovensa Refinery-Sources

Hess Corp and Venezuela's state-run PDVSA have found an interested buyer for their 350,000 barrel per day (bpd) Hovensa refinery...

PBF Set to Begin Full-scale Toledo Refinery Turnaround Oct. 10-Source

PBF Energy plans to begin an over month-long, refinery-wide maintenance shutdown of its 160,000 barrel-a-day facility in Toledo, Ohio, on...

Foster Wheeler Joins Gulf Coast Gas-to-gasoline Project

Foster Wheeler AG (NASDAQ:FWLT) announced Thursday that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has entered into a...

Idled N.M. Fractionation Plant to Support Western’s Gallup Refinery