PTTGC, through contractor Samsung Engineering, has let a contract to CB&I to provide technology licensing and material supply for PTTGC’s recently approved project to expand olefins production capacity at its existing operations at Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand’s Rayong Province, about 150 km southeast of Bangkok. Source: News

Gazprom Neft has let a contract to Maire Tecnimont subsidiaries for work related to a project designed to expand delayed coking capacity at its 21.4 million-tonne/year Omsk refinery in Western Siberia as part of the operator’s ongoing modernization program to reduce environmental impacts and improve processing capacities, conversion rates, energy efficiency, and production qualities at […]

Light, sweet crude futures jumped by more than $1 to settle above $60/bbl on the New York market Feb. 14 while the Brent crude contracts also gained more than $1/bbl on the London market to close above $64/bbl. Source: News

Engen Petroleum has shut down its 125,000-b/d Enref refinery in Durban, South Africa, for 45 days of routine planned maintenance. Initiated on Feb. 5 and scheduled to run until Mar. 30, the turnaround comes as part of the refinery’s ongoing maintenance program designed to ensure safe, reliable operations at the plant, Engen said.   Source: […]

The Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission unanimously adopted new regulations covering flowlines and related oil and gas systems. The Feb. 13 action came following months of investigations and hearings after an Apr. 17, 2017, explosion and fire in an abandoned flowline killed two people and injured another in the town of Firestone. Source: News