Inquiry: Communication Failure Led to Death at UK Refinery
(Thursday, May 17, 2012) Breakdowns in communication led to the death of a pipefitter at Total Lindsey Oil Refinery, an inquest found.

Coryton Refinery in the Balance As Deadline Passes
(Wednesday, May 16, 2012) Coryton oil refinery will remain open for at least another week, despite a temporary deal to keep it open expiring Wednesday.

Delta Refines A Fallacy
(Tuesday, May 15, 2012) Note to investment bankers: start working on your pitchbook for Delta Air Lines Inc. to divest its refinery operations.

Aussie Oil Refineries Under the Pump
(Friday, May 11, 2012) The potential closure of Caltex's Kurnell oil refinery raises questions about the health of the wider industry and whether Australia actually needs a refining capacity.

PetroChina Offers $350MM for Idled Valero Aruba Refinery - Source
(Thursday, May 10, 2012) PetroChina has offered $350 million for the idled refinery in Aruba that Valero has been trying to sell for years, Dow Jones reported, citing an unnamed source.

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WorleyParsons Wins EPCM Contract for China, Brazil Plants
(Thursday, May 17, 2012) WorleyParsons has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services contract for the delivery of acrylic chemicals projects for BASF.

Planned CPC Complex Move Has Downstream Suppliers on Edge
(Monday, May 14, 2012) Owners of petrochemical plants in a Kaohsiung industrial park voiced concerns Monday that the relocation of a state-run naphtha cracker complex away from the area will push up their costs and reduce their competitiveness.

Uzbekneftegaz, Singapore's Indorama Plan Gas Chemical Complex
(Monday, May 14, 2012) Uzbekneftegaz National Holding Company (NHC) and Singapore's Indorama Group plan in the second half of 2012 to establish a joint venture (JV) to build a gas chemical complex (GCC) in Kashkadarya region

Saudis Face Growth Limits Over Natural Gas Supplies
(Friday, May 11, 2012) A shortage of natural gas could affect future industrial growth in Saudi Arabia, according to the head of Jubail Industrial City, the world's largest petrochemical cluster.

Sea Freight Cost for Petchem Products Up 15%
(Thursday, May 10, 2012) Sea freight prices for petrochemical products have increased 15% in the last over the three years according to Hamad al-Terkait, vice chairman of GPCA and former president of Equate Petrochemical.

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Enbridge To Spend C$3.2 Billion To Expand Midwest Pipelines
(Thursday, May 17, 2012) Enbridge said Wednesday it's moving ahead with pipeline expansions that will send more crude oil from Canada and North Dakota to the Midwest and eastern Canada.

'Frenetic' US Midstream Pace Could Be Pipeline to Higher NG Prices
(Wednesday, May 16, 2012) Surging production from U.S. shale gas and tight sand basins is contributing to demand for transmission pipeline and storage capacity.

Proposed Spectra Pipeline Would Link Texas Eastern, Transco Systems
(Wednesday, May 16, 2012) A high-volume natural gas pipeline could wind across a 230-mile gap from South Central Tennessee through North Alabama and Northwest Georgia on its way to link with a pipeline northeast of Atlanta.

Report: Militants Blow Up Yemen Gas Pipeline Again
(Monday, May 14, 2012) Suspected Islamist militants blew up a gas pipeline in eastern Yemen on Monday for the third time in recent months as the government ratcheted up its campaign against al Qaeda linked insurgents in the south, Reuters reported.

Nord Stream Mulls Expansion; Possibly 2 More Pipelines
(Friday, May 11, 2012) The consortium that operates a natural gas pipeline that ships Russian gas to western Europe via the Baltic Sea may further expand the pipeline.

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Chile GasAtacama To Invest $300MM-$400MM In Offshore LNG Terminal
(Friday, May 18, 2012) GasAtacama reportedly plans to invest between in an offshore liquefied natural gas regasification terminal off the coastline of northern Chile.

Cheniere Plans LNG Marketing, Trading Partnership for Asian Markets
(Friday, May 18, 2012) Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. and RRJ Capital have agreed to make an equity investment in aggregate of about $468 million in Cheniere Energy Inc.

Report: Canada's Success As LNG Exporter May Depend on Partnerships
(Thursday, May 17, 2012) As North American companies begin breaking into the global LNG market, those engaged in joint ventures will be better positioned to compete with exporters around the world, according to a May 10 report from Ernst & Young.

Pakistan ECC Body Fails to Develop Consensus on LNG Import
(Thursday, May 17, 2012) The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet's Sub-Committee on Wednesday failed to develop consensus on liquefied natural gas (LNG) import project due to reservations of the Finance Ministry and some other stakeholders.

EU Clears Angolan LNG Joint Venture
(Thursday, May 17, 2012) The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control over the Angolan company Angola LNG.

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