Gazprom lets contract for Amur gas plant

PJSC Gazprom, through its general contractor partner NIPIgazpererabotka (Nipigaz), has let a contract to China National Petroleum Corp. affiliate China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Corp. (CPECC), to provide related engineering, procurement, and construction services for its now 42 billion-cu m/year grassroots Amur natural gas processing plant under construction near Svobodny in Russia’s far-east Amur region. […]

BPCL commissions new unit at Mumbai refinery

India’s state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) has completed conversion of the catalytic reforming unit (CRU) at its 12 million-tonne/year Mumbai refinery into a light naphtha isomerization unit as part of the refiner’s program to comply with the Indian government’s nationwide mandate of producing 100% Bharat Stage 4 (BS 4, or Euro 4-equivalent) fuels, which […]

Proposed CBP Jones Act changes could cause problems, API study warns

There could be significant damages from the US Customs and Border Protection Agency’s (CBP) proposed modifications of its rulings related to the use of Jones Act vessels in offshore oil and gas activity, a report commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute warned. Source: News