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BASF selects Jacobs to support site engineering in Germany

DALLAS -- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., as one of BASF’s Global Engineering Partners for Large Capital Projects, provides engineering, procurement and construction management services for BASF sites worldwide.

Philadelphia refiners face run cuts due to Sunoco pipeline shutdown

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Philadelphia area refiners may be forced to cut production in coming months because Energy Transfer Partner LP's Sunoco Logistics is temporarily shutting down a key pipeline that carries refined products into central Pennsylvania, two sources told Reuters.

Pembina Pipeline, Petrochemical Industries sign JV for integrated polypropylene facility

CALGARY -- Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced that it, along with Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. of Kuwait, has reached key milestones for the previously announced proposed integrated propylene and polypropylene production facility in Sturgeon County, Alberta.

Fluor begins mechanical construction for Dow Chemical project

IRVING, Texas – Fluor Corporation has begun the mechanical construction for The Dow Chemical Company’s new ethylene derivative facility in Freeport, Texas.

Moscow refinery to be back on line in 2–3 days after emergency shutdown

MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Moscow oil refinery, halted because of an emergency at the weekend, will resume production within two or three days, TASS news agency quoted the Russian energy ministry as saying.

Start-up of Vietnam's Nghi Son oil refinery delayed to 2018

SINGAPORE/HANOI (Reuters) -- The commercial start-up of Vietnam's new $7.5 B Nghi Son oil refinery will be delayed to 2018, from an initial expected start-up in the third quarter of this year, according to a notice on a government website.

Japan oil firms lift annual spending on refineries, cut exploration

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Some Japanese oil companies have raised their capital investment plans for the year that started on April 1, putting money into refineries and other downstream projects, while others have focused on cutting spending on exploration and production.

Canada govt, industry to spend $51 MM on oil sands clean tech projects

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) -- The Canadian and Alberta governments and three energy companies said on Thursday they will spend $51.14 MM to develop three new clean technology projects, aimed at cutting costs and carbon emissions in the country's oil sands.

India BPCL revises naphtha export pricing, adds Argus quotes

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- India's state-run Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd is revising the formula it uses to price naphtha exports to include the mean prices from Argus Media instead of only relying on S&P Global Platts, a tender document showed.

Total inaugurates revamped Carling petrochemical complex

PARIS – Total has inaugurated its revamped Carling - Saint-Avold petrochemical complex in eastern France following three years of transformation works.