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Saudi Aramco, SABIC to develop crude oil to chemicals complex

Saudi Aramco and SABIC have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a fully integrated crude oil to chemicals (COTC) complex in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which governs the execution of the front-end engineering design (FEED) before a final investment decision is made.

Exxon: $1 B Antwerp clean fuels unit will be running by mid-2018

LONDON (Reuters) — ExxonMobil expects a new $1 B fuel upgrading unit at its Antwerp refinery to be fully operational in the first half of next year, the company said on Tuesday.

Thai Oil's refinery to produce only clean fuels from 2022

SINGAPORE/BANGKOK (Reuters) — Thailand’s largest refiner Thai Oil PCL will stop producing fuel oil from 2022 once it completes a $4-B upgrade that will boost output of clean fuels, officials said.

Rosneft, Pertamina set up JV for Tuban refinery project

Rosneft and Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina completed the establishment of the joint venture for the development of Tuban grass root refinery and petrochemical complex (TGRR) in Tuban in the East Java province of Indonesia.

Iraq to divert most Kirkuk oilfield output to Iraqi refineries, says official

BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraq is preparing to divert most future output from Kirkuk oilfield to local refineries as a conflict with Kurdish regional authorities over the use of an export pipeline to Turkey continues, an Iraqi official said on Monday.

ExxonMobil CEO makes first big changes to refining

HOUSTON (Reuters) — ExxonMobil Corp Chief Executive Darren Woods is reorganizing the company's refining operations, part of a push to boost profits amid volatile oil and natural gas prices, the company said on Monday.

Hellenic Petroleum sees adjusted EBITDA above €947 MM this year

ATHENS (Reuters) — Greece’s largest oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum expects its core profit to exceed $947.84 MM this year, Chairman Efstathios Tsotsoros said on Thursday.

Eni's Italian refineries at risk of shutdown after tax evasion probe

MILAN (Reuters) — Italy’s Eni said on Wednesday its refineries in Italy were at risk of shutdown after Italian tax police seized assets as part of a probe into alleged tax evasion.

Detained Venezuelan-US Citgo executives to be tried as "traitors"

WASHINGTON/CARACAS (Reuters) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that Venezuelan-American executives at refiner Citgo who were arrested in a corruption sweep this week would be tried as "corrupt, thieving traitors" despite a request by the United States to free them.

China independent refiners group applied for 2018 fuel export quotas

SHANGHAI (Reuters) — A newly formed group of China's independent oil refiners filed an application with the country's Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday for fuel export quotas next year, a source with one of the group's member companies said on Thursday.