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Refinery Explosion Rocks Texas Town
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New News Date: February 18, 2008
An explosion rocked a west Texas oil refinery Monday in a violent blast that shook buildings miles away and injured at least four people, according to the town's mayor...
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Fire at Frontier Oil's Cheyenne refinery
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Fire at Frontier Oil's Cheyenne refinery
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Recent News Date: December 17, 2007
CHEYENNE – Fire broke out in the delayed coking unit of Frontier Oil’s Cheyenne refinery on the evening of Dec. 15...
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Fire at Frontier Oil's Cheyenne refinery
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Worker Killed at BP Texas City Refinery
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News Date: June 8, 2007
A contract worker at BP's Texas City, Texas, oil refinery was killed June 6 while working on an idle unit that was being reconditioned prior to restart...
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Worker Killed at BP Texas City Refinery
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Oil refinery fire raises concern
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News Date: January 15, 2007
Prices could rise if Chevron site goes offline...
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Oil refinery fire raises concern
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Marathon to Issue Request for Proposals Aimed at Canadian Oil Sands Venture
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News Date: November 6, 2006
Marathon Oil Corporation has announced plans to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to engage interested parties in a process that could lead to a Canadian oil sands venture. The Company also announced that it has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) for a proposed heavy oil upgrading project at the Company's 100,000 barrel per day (bpd) Detroit refinery, and that it is undertaking a feasibility study for a similar upgrading project at the Company's 222,000 bpd Catlettsburg, Ky., refinery.
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Marathon to Issue Request for Proposals Aimed at Canadian Oil Sands Venture
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United Refining Company Announces Delay in Coker Project
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News Date: October 2, 2006
WARREN, Pa., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- United Refining Company, a leading regional refiner and marketer of petroleum products, announced today that it was delaying the implementation of its previously announced plan for construction of a coker and related infrastructure.
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United Refining Company Announces Delay in Coker Project
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BP Plans $3 Billion Project to Refine More Canadian Heavy Crude Oil in the U.S. Midwest
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Spanish Delayed Coker Contract By BP
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News Date: September 13, 2006
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2006--Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Nasdaq: FWLT) today announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia, S.A., part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a detailed engineering, procurement and construction supervision contract by BP Oil Refineria de Castellon, S.A. (BP) for a new delayed coker at BP's Castellon Refinery in Spain.
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Spanish Delayed Coker Contract By BP
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Foster Wheeler awarded EPC contract by Sinclair Oil for delayed coker in US
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News Date: September, 2006
Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a reimbursable engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Sinclair Oil Corporation for a 30,000 barrel per stream day (bpsd) delayed coker, gas plant and coke handling facilities at its refinery at Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
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Foster Wheeler awarded EPC contract by Sinclair Oil for delayed coker in US
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Foster Wheeler Wins Contract in India for Design of the World's Largest Delayed Coker
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News Date: June 26, 2006
HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Foster Wheeler Ltd. (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced today that its subsidiary Foster Wheeler USA Corporation, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract for a new eight-drum delayed coking unit to be installed as part of the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project at the Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat State, India, where Reliance Group's first refinery was also built and has been operating since 1998.
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Foster Wheeler Wins Contract in India for Design of the World's Largest Delayed Coker
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Major Oil Pool Discovered in Gulf of Mexico
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News Date: September 5, 2006
WASHINGTON (Sept. 5) - A trio of oil companies led by Chevron Corp. has tapped a petroleum pool deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico that could boost the nation's reserves by more than 50 percent. A test well indicates it could be the biggest new domestic oil discovery since Alaska's Prudhoe Bay a generation ago.
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Major Oil Pool Discovered in Gulf of Mexico
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Six companies interested in Lyondell-Citgo refinery
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News Date: July 7, 2006
HOUSTON (MarketWatch) -- Six contenders have come forward as potentially serious bidders for a Houston refinery jointly owned by Lyondell Chemical Corp. (LYO) and Venezuela's state-owned oil company, two people familiar with the negotiations say.
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Six companies interested in Lyondell-Citgo refinery
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L.A. Starks: Our vulnerable refineries
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Bush and Congress Should Lift Environmental Restrictions on Energy Production
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Refinery blast reported in south La., no injuries reported
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U.S. energy secretary touts refinery expansion
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News Date: May 18, 2006
PORT ARTHUR - U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman urged expansion of domestic refining capacity in remarks made at the Motiva Enterprises motor fuels plant that is on the verge of a $3.5 billion expansion project.
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U.S. energy secretary touts refinery expansion
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Italian refinery fire boosts gasoline futures
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News Date: May 2, 2006
The price of crude oil reached above $73/bbl May 1 while gasoline futures prices soared on news of a fire at a Sicily, Italy, refinery. Analysts said the fire triggered a rally across energy markets.
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Italian refinery fire boosts gasoline futures
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Crude Futures Tops $74 A Barrel
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News Date: May 1, 2006
Oil prices rose above $74 a barrel Tuesday -- flirting with their record high above $75 reached last month -- amid concern that international pressure on Iran to modify its nuclear program may lead to supply disruptions from the key exporter.
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Crude Futures Tops $74 A Barrel
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Oil prices rise above $73 on persistent Iran concerns
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News Date: May 1, 2006
NEW YORK — Crude oil prices rose above $73 a barrel yesterday on supply concerns after Iran defied a U.N. Security Council deadline to stop enriching uranium. Also lifting energy prices yesterday were refinery outages in Italy and California, and violence in Nigeria, the fifth-largest source of U.S. oil imports.
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Oil prices rise above $73 on persistent Iran concerns
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BP Reduces 1st-Qtr Refinery Maintenance; Output Falls
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News Date: April 5, 2006
April 5 (Bloomberg) -- BP Plc, the world's second-biggest oil company, said its refining business recovered in the first quarter after losing money at the end of last year.
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BP Reduces 1st-Qtr Refinery Maintenance; Output Falls
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Saudi Forces Kill Five Terrorism Suspects
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News Date: February 27, 2006
CAIRO, Egypt (Feb. 27) - Saudi security forces on Monday shot dead five suspected terrorists believed to be involved in a foiled attack on the world's biggest oil processing complex, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. A sixth suspect was arrested.
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Saudi Forces Kill Five Terrorism Suspects
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CNRL Coker Project Photo's
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Canada oil sands to help meet Bush Mideast oil cut
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We're not running out of oil says record-breaking Shell
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Oil Price History and Analysis
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UK Oil Depot Fire 'largest of kind'
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Massive blaze rages at fuel depot.
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News Date: December 12, 2005
The man in charge of investigating the massive fires at a Hertfordshire oil depot on Sunday says the flames may have destroyed all clues to the cause.
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Massive blaze rages at fuel depot.
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Refinery project moves forward; Mexico agrees to pipeline plan
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News Date: November 23, 2005
In what backers describe as a pivotal step toward a refinery east of Yuma, a local group has struck a deal with the Mexican government to build a major pipeline that would link the proposed refinery to the Mexican coast.
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Refinery project moves forward; Mexico agrees to pipeline plan
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Arizona Oil Refinery Project Reaches Milestone With Proposed Crude Oil Pipeline
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News Date: November 22, 2005
Arizona Clean Fuels Yuma (ACFY) announced today that it has reached an understanding with the Secretariat of Energy of Mexico (SENER) confirming that the company may carry out the construction, operation and maintenance, and ownership of a pipeline to deliver company-owned crude oil to the ACFY refinery planned for Yuma County, Arizona.
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Arizona Oil Refinery Project Reaches Milestone With Proposed Crude Oil Pipeline
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US to buy Venezuelan gasoline, mull Cuban offer of doctors
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News Date: September 8, 2005
WASHINGTON (AFX) - The US will pay for gasoline Venezuela offered after Hurricane Katrina cut US production, and will examine whether Cuban doctors can work on US soil without US certification, a top US diplomat said Thursday...
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US to buy Venezuelan gasoline, mull Cuban offer of doctors
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Energy Department begins release of oil from stockpile
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News Date: August 31, 2005
WASHINGTON (AFX) - The administration said Wednesday it approved the release of oil from the country's emergency stockpiles in the Gulf of Mexico for one company impacted by Hurricane Katrina, and is reviewing...
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Energy Department begins release of oil from stockpile
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Chávez taunts US with oil offer
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News Date: August 25, 2005
Venezuelan president hits back at assassination remarks with offer of cheap petroleum for poor Americans...
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Chávez taunts US with oil offer
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Major finds boost CNPC oil reserves
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News Date: August 24, 2005
BEIJING -- China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), the nation's biggest oil and gas producer, discovered oil reserves of 300 million tons, or 2.19 billion barrels, in the first half of this year, a senior company official who did not want to be identified said yesterday.
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Major finds boost CNPC oil reserves
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Rotary and Workover Rig Counts
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News Date: July, 2005
The U.S. rotary rig count was up 11 rigs following a 4 rig loss in the previous week totaling 1,444 for the week of August 26, 2005 and is 16.5 percent higher than last year.
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Rotary and Workover Rig Counts
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Energy execs beat drums for oil shale
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News Date: June 24, 2005
WASHINGTON - Energy company executives told Congress on Thursday that Colorado, Utah and Wyoming could become the next Saudi Arabia if they can find a way to extract the billions of barrels in oil shale, a porous rock containing petroleum.
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Energy execs beat drums for oil shale
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Oil Price History and Analysis
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Measures of Petroleum Dependence and Vulnerability in OECD Countries
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Explosion at Industrial Plant in St. Louis
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No New Refineries in 29 Years? There Might Well Be a Reason
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Fatality at BP Cherry Point Refinery
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Agreement for Delayed Coking Collaboration
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14 Die In Massive Explosion At Texas City Refinery
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Smoke from refinery fire seen for miles.
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Huge explosion shakes up Southwest Houston.
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California Tosco Coker Unit Fire: April 23, 2001
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Albuquerque: Two explosions
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Article Date: April 9, 2004
Albuquerque - Two explosions followed by fire rocked a gasoline refinery Thursday, seriously injuring four people, officials said.
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Exxon Mobil chemical plant unit damaged in blaze
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Article Date: April 02, 2004
Baytown, Texas - Exxon Mobil chemical plant unit damaged in blaze. Flames damaged a processing unit at Exxon Mobil's chemical plant here, in the same week that explosions and a fire raced through another plant complex in the Houston area.
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Article Date: March 31, 2004
Texas City, Texas - Explosion rocks Texas City refinery. An explosion apparently caused by a fire at the BP refinery forced the evacuation of the plant Tuesday night.
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Oil: Prices slip amid confusion over Opec cut
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Article Date: March 30, 2004
NEW YORK - World oil prices slipped on Monday, continuing last week’s retreat and adding to confusion about whether the Opec cartel will carry out its plan to cut crude production next month.
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Oil refinery fires unlikely to affect Arizona gas prices long term
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Article Date: March 25, 2004
Fires at a Royal Dutch/Shell Group refinery in California on Tuesday are unlikely to affect Arizona gas prices long term, AAA-Arizona says.
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Fire Breaks Out At West Tulsa Refinery
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Article Date: March 23, 2004
Tulsa - A fire at a west Tulsa refinery burned for nearly an hour Tuesday morning before firefighters were able to bring it under control. It happened at about 10:30 a.m. at the Sunoco Refinery, located near 17th and Union.
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Explosion Sparks Massive Fire at Refinery on Staten Island, New York.
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Article Date: February 21, 2003
Plumes of fire and smoke were visible throughout the New York area after an explosion near an oil refinery in Staten Island.
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Fires halt production at Kuwait's oil refineries
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Article Date: January 13, 2004
Highly inflammable products likely to have caused small fires in Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries.
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Fuel tank explodes by Ship Channel
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 | A fuel tank erupted into a massive fire that created an ominous-looking cloud of black smoke over the Houston Ship Channel on Sunday morning, but no injuries were reported. Click here for the full story. |
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Venezuela Energy Information Administration
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Venezuela is important to world energy markets because it holds proven oil reserves of 73 billion barrels,plus as much as 1.2 trillion barrels of extra-heavy oil, including bitumen. Venezuela consistently ranks asone the top suppliers of U.S. oil imports and is among the top ten crude oil producers in the world.For more information visit www.eia.doe.gov
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Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
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Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons usually occurs by breathing air contaminated bywild fires or coal tar, or by eating foods that have been grilled. PAHs have been found in atleast 600 of the 1,430 National Priorities List sites identified by the EnvironmentalProtection Agency (EPA). For more information, visit theToxFAQs™ for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
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