Suriname commissions newly expanded refinery

Suriname state oil firm Staatsolie has completed the long-planned major expansion and efficiency project to double crude processing capacity and expand fuel production at the Tout Lui Faut refining complex about 12 miles south of the country’s capital city of Paramaribo. Source: News


China’s Hebei Haiwei lets contract for polypropylene unit

Hebei Haiwei Group Co. Ltd. has let a contract to CB&I, Houston, to provide technology licensing and engineering design for a polypropylene (PP) unit to be built in Jingxian, Hebei Province, China. Source: News


Shell Canada announces appointments

Michael Crothers has been appointed president and country chair for Shell Canada Ltd. and Zoe Yujnovich has been named executive vice-president, heavy oil. Source: News


BP finds buyer for Alabama petrochemical complex

BP PLC has entered a deal with Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd., Bangkok, for the sale of its Decatur, Ala., petrochemicals complex as part of the company’s previously announced reorganization of its global petrochemicals business. Source: News


IHS: Global upstream M&A deal value plunged 22% in 2015

The overall merger and acquisition (M&A) deal count in the global upstream business plunged in 2015 as the weakness and volatility in crude oil prices made it difficult for buyers and sellers to achieve consensus on value and outlook, according to analysis by IHS Inc. Source: News


API: Obama should capitalize on US energy successes in final year

American Petroleum Institute Pres. Jack N. Gerard urged US President Barack Obama to pursue energy policies in the final year of his presidency that capitalize on successes in increasing oil and gas production, strengthening the general economy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Source: News