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China firm seeks state financing for $5.5-B Caribbean oil project

Commodity trader Guangdong Zhenrong Energy Co. is in talks to secure funding for a $5.5-B plan to upgrade a Caribbean oil refinery and build a natural gas terminal, giving China a foothold in a strategic oil hub.

Fluor awarded Sasol oxygen train project in Secunda, South Africa

Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by Sasol Group Technology, a division of Sasol South Africa Ltd., for EPC of the Additional Oxygen Capacity Train 17 outside battery limits project at its Secunda plant in South Africa.

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Emerson Process Management: Bishop, N.  |  Olsen, T.

Turnarounds in continuous operating process plants, such as refineries and petrochemical processing plants, are complicated and costly events where each day of downtime equals lost revenue.

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Uganda says refinery talks terminated, in talks with new potential investors

Talks to build an oil refinery in Uganda with a consortium led by Korea's SK Engineering have collapsed, but the East African nation still hopes to find a lead investor for the project by year end.

GE and Baker Hughes to create fullstream digital industrial service company

GE and Baker Hughes have entered into an agreement to combine GE’s oil and gas business and Baker Hughes to create a world-leading oil and gas technology provider with a unique mix of service and equipment capabilities.

KBR awarded pre-FEED study for Indonesian LNG regas project

KBR has been awarded a pre-front end engineering and design study for Australasia LNG’s proposed LNG Hub terminal in Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia.

Ceremony marks start of CITGO Aruba refinery activities

Representatives of the government of Aruba and Citgo held a ceremony to mark the beginning of activities that will lead to the refurbishment and operation of the Aruba refinery that has been idle since 2012.

Amec Foster Wheeler to provide FEED for Singapore refinery upgrade

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a contract by Singapore Refining Co. SRC to undertake front end engineering and design services to upgrade its Jurong Island refinery.

Jacobs to provide EPCM services to Olin Gulf Coast chemical plants

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a multi-year contract from Olin Corp. to provide EPCM services to several US facilities.