Preem lets contract for Lysekil refinery

Swedish refiner Preem AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, Stockholm, has let a contract to Amec Foster Wheeler (AFW) for the planned expansion of vacuum distillation capacity its 11 million-tonne/year refinery in Lysekil, Sweden. Source: News


Study links acceptance, energy marketing

Social acceptance is central to marketing Canadian energy, asserts new policy recommendations from the C.D. Howe Institute, Toronto. Source: News


PNR to stay the course in Spraberry-Wolfcamp in 2016

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Irving, Tex., plans a preliminary 2016 capital program of $2.4-2.6 billion, allowing the company to maintain overall production growth boosted by its Spraberry-Wolfcamp acreage. Source: News


TransCanada starts legal actions after Keystone XL permit denial

TransCanada Corp. said it will submit a claim that US President Barack Obama’s Nov. 6 denial of the company’s Keystone XL crude oil pipeline’s cross-border permit application was arbitrary and unjustified under Section 6 of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Source: News