Irving Oil’s Saint John refinery due maintenance

Irving Oil Ltd. will undertake annual fall turnaround activities starting on Sept. 26 at it 300,000-b/d St. John refinery in the eastern Canadian province of New Brunswick. Source: News


HollyFrontier, HEP ink dropdown deal for Woods Cross refinery units

Independent refiner HollyFrontier Corp., Dallas, has entered an agreement in principle to sell newly built crude, fluid catalytic cracking and polymerization units at its 45,000-b/sd Woods Cross refinery in West Bountiful, Utah, just north of Salt Lake City, to consolidated variable interest entity Holly Energy Partners LP (HEP), also of Dallas. Source: News


AWE reports higher gas reserves at Waitsia on independent survey

AWE Ltd., Sydney, operator of the Waitsia natural gas field project onshore Western Australia’s North Perth basin, has released an independent report that certifies the 2P reserves are sufficient to supply 100 terajoules/day of gas for 10 years. Source: News


Northern Gateway agrees to more consultation

Northern Gateway said it will not appeal a court decision against federal approval of its proposal to lay a 1,177-km crude oil pipeline between Bruderheim, Alta., near Edmonton, and a deepwater port at Kitimat, BC. Source: News


Petronas lets contracts for Pengerang complex

State-run Petronas has let contracts for industrial gas and power supplies and equipment for its long-planned Pengerang integrated complex (PIC) and refinery and petrochemical integrated development (RAPID) project at Pengerang in southeastern Johor, Malaysia. Source: News