Crude oil
CB&I to supply storage tanks for Greenfield refinery project in Oman
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — CB&I announced a consortium between CB&I and Saipem S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by Duqm Refinery and Petrochemicals Industries Company L.L.C. (DRPIC) for EPC Package 3 for the Duqm Refinery Project.
Oil and chemical spills from Hurricane Harvey big, but dwarfed by Katrina
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) — More than 22,000 bbl of oil, refined fuels and chemicals spilled at sites across Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, along with millions of cubic feet of natural gas and hundreds of tons of other toxic substances, a Reuters review of company reports to the US Coast Guard shows.
Six companies buy oil from US emergency crude reserve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Six companies bought 14 MMbbl of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a sale required by law to help fund medical research and the federal government, said the Department of Energy on Thursday.
S.Korea's Iranian crude oil imports rise around 40% on year in Aug
SEOUL (Reuters) — South Korea's imports of Iranian crude oil increased 40.2% in August from the same month a year earlier, with its refiners snapping up competitively priced cargoes from the Middle Eastern nation.
Sinopec starts up Tianjin commercial crude reserve
(Reuters) — A new commercial crude oil reserve base built by China’s Sinopec Corp in northern Chinese port of Tianjin received its first oil shipment on Wednesday, the state refiner said.
Greek oil spill spreads to Athens Riviera
ATHENS (Reuters) — Crews scrambled on Wednesday to clean up an oil spill from a sunken tanker which had spread to some of Athens's most popular beaches.
China's crude refinery output rebounds in Aug on new quotas
BEIJING (Reuters) — Chinese refineries processed 6.5% more crude oil in August than a year earlier at 47.12 MMt, or about 11.1 MMbpd, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday.
CB&I awarded storage project in Central Asia
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $50 MM for a storage project in Central Asia. CB&I's scope of work includes the engineering, fabrication and construction of nine flat bottom tanks.
IEA: Global oil inventories shrinking on robust demand
LONDON (Reuters) — The global oil surplus is beginning to shrink due to stronger-than-expected European and US demand growth, as well as production declines in OPEC and non-OPEC countries, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.
US Coast Guard, EPA cleaning up a dozen Texas chemical spills after Harvey
HOUSTON (Reuters) — The US Coast Guard and the Environmental Protection Agency are working with Texas state regulators to clean up oil and chemicals spilled from a dozen industrial facilities after flooding from Hurricane Harvey, authorities said.
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