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Western Refining halts activity at Yorktown refinery

Western Refining is suspending refining operations at its Yorktown refinery due to the poor outlook for East Coast refining margins.

Frontier puts positive spin on Cheyenne refinery fire

The late July fire at Frontier Oil’s Cheyenne refinery has been problematic for the company, but its leadership does not see the incident as having a long term effect on Frontier’s overall bottom line.

Possible CNPC and Sinopec turf battle on China’s east coast

Xinhua News is reporting that Petrochina will provide crude oil for the Shandong Dongming Petrochemical oil refinery in Shandong Province, China.

Shell and Delek can’t get it done in Canada

Canada Products (Shell) and Delek US Holdings, Inc. have agreed to end negotiations regarding a potential sale of the Shell Montreal East refinery.

Flowserve green lit for Saudi Aramco’s Yanbu' project

Flowserve Corp. has received final approval from Saudi Aramco on a master purchase agreement to supply pumps, valves and services for the Yanbu' export refinery project (YERP).

Firm selected to provide a biomass pretreatment reactor system for US DOE

AdvanceBio Systems LLC, has a contract with the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado, to provide a biomass pretreatment reactor system for its integrated biorefinery research facility.

Valve design reduces costs and increases safety for US refineries

Flowserve Flow Control Division: Johnson, R. D.  |  Lee, B.

The goals were achieved by using alloys with superior corrosion resistance

Pump aftermarket offers solutions for abrasive services

Sulzer Pumps (US) Inc. Service Center Houston: McPherson, S.

Upgrades substantially increased MTBR

Increase crude unit capacity through better integration

Gulf Advanced Process Technologies (GAP-Tech): Amin, M. S.  |  Ibrahim, M. S.  |  Aseeri, A. S.

In revamp projects, better energy integration provides more benefits with less capital investment and lower operating costs

Xebec to build a biogas upgrading plant in Canada

Xebec Adsorption Inc. has signed a significant contract to build a complete biogas upgrading plant for Terasen Gas in western Canada.

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