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Powerful blocks to reform in Nigeria’s oil sector

Nigeria’s government is attempting to reform the oil sector to clamp down on widespread fraud but faces opposition from vested interests in the executive, the oil ministry and the national assembly.

 
 
 

SEC rule challenged

American Petroleum Institute has filed a court challenge against costly, anti competitive US Securities and Exchange Commission rule.

 

October construction update

A round up of the latest construction and maintenance news from the downstream oil and gas processing industry.

 
 
 
 

The calm before the storm

Gordon Cope, Hydrocarbon Engineering Contributing Editor, offers a warning to refiners that the global sulfur supply is set to soar.

 

The new shale frontier

Stefan Chapman, Euro Petroleum Consultants, UK, and Andrey Kosulnikov, Euro Petroleum Consultants, Russia & CIS, give an overview of the increasingly central roles played by shale and LNG in the gas and petroleum industry, focusing particularly on Europe.

 

CDU maintenance at Japanese refineries

Cosmo Oil begins planed maintenance on its CDU at Yokkaichi, while TonenGeneral Sekiyu resumes operations after being forced to shut down a CDU at Sakai.

 
 

Stop RIN fraud act of 2012

American Fuels and Petrochemicals Manufactures support the ‘Stop RIN fraud act of 2012’.