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Pertamina looks for partner to take majority stake in Bontang refinery project

JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina expects to find a partner to take a majority stake in a proposed refinery to cost more than $10 billion in Bontang, East Kalimantan, by April, senior company officials said on Tuesday.

Japan's JX says March crude refining to drop 5% y/y

TOKYO (Reuters) -- Japan's top oil refiner JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp said on Tuesday it would refine 988,100 bpd of crude oil in March for domestic consumption.

India's L&T awarded $165-MM contract from refiner Indian Oil Corp

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- A unit of Indian engineering conglomerate Larsen & Toubro has won an onshore engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Indian Oil Corp Ltd, the country's largest refiner, worth $165 million, it said in a statement on Saturday.

Saudi Aramco to invest $7 B in Petronas' RAPID oil refinery

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -- Saudi oil giant Aramco will buy an equity stake in Malaysian firm Petronas' major refining and petrochemical project, the companies said on Tuesday, pumping in $7 billion in its biggest downstream investment outside the kingdom.

Snow, landowner, delay Utah pipeline repairs

HOUSTON (Reuters) -- Refiners and pipeline shippers in the Salt Lake City area are facing new delays obtaining crude oil after a pipeline outage last week was followed by snow on Friday that made it difficult to deliver much-needed oil by truck.

Mexico's Pemex inks hydrogen refinery JV with France's Air Liquide

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- Mexico's Pemex will partner with France's Air Liquide SA to operate an existing hydrogen plant and build a second one at its Tula refinery, the Mexican state-owned oil company said in a statement on Thursday.

OPEC compliance seen growing as laggards Iraq and UAE pledge action

LONDON (Reuters) -- OPEC has so far surprised the market by showing record compliance with oil-output curbs and could do so further in coming months as the biggest laggards -- the United Arab Emirates and Iraq -- pledge to catch up quickly with their targets.

France's Engie starts global LPG desk to meet power demand, hedging needs

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -- France's international utility company Engie has started a global desk to trade liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and plans to promote the fuel as a replacement for diesel in power generation, senior executives said on Thursday.

Hellenic Petroleum Q4 core profit beats forecasts

ATHENS (Reuters) -- Greece's biggest oil refiner Hellenic Petroleum reported a 17% rise in fourth quarter core profit on Thursday, helped by strong refining margins and exports.

EIA: US crude oil stocks build for seventh straight week

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- US crude oil stockpiles rose last week for a seventh straight week but less than forecast, while gasoline inventories fell far more than expected as refineries cut output, the Energy Information Administration said on Thursday.