Gas processing

A round up of some of the latest downstream oil and gas news from the Americas.

A joint venture consisting of Odebrecht, Technip and ICA Fluor has been awarded the EPC contract for a petrochemical complex in Mexico.

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

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.

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.

Bob Greco from the API comments on the pros and cons of the US EPA’s RFS law, focusing particularly on the issue of fraudulent RINs.

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

The American Petroleum Institute has welcomed Congressional action to fix fraudulent renewable fuel credit program

Foster Wheeler have been awarded a design contract for a new refinery in Venezuela.

221 illegal refineries in Nigeria have been destroyed and suspects have been arrested.

A roundup of global construction news from the downstream industry.

A round up of recent downstream oil and gas processing news from the Americas.

A report from Freedonia has stated that demand for water treatment in China is going to exceed 46 billion Yuan by 2015.

Fundamentals point towards near term downward pressure on oil but prices are expected to stay above US$ 100 /bbl until 2013.

Rosneft has made two announcements this week affecting the downstream industry.