Marathon lets contract for Tier 3 compliance works at Texas refineries

Marathon Petroleum Corp. has let a contract to Fluor Corp. to provide engineering and procurement (EP) for a major reconfiguration project involving works at both the 459,000-b/d Galveston Bay and 86,000-b/d Texas City refineries in Texas City, Tex. Source: News

Watching Government: Policies, priorities, and patience

Oil and gas association officials were in a peculiar environment as spring belatedly arrived in Washington, DC. Signals from the new administration remained positive, especially compared with those toward the end of Barack Obama’s presidency. Source: News

State air-quality agencies' report tracks pollution control progress

State and local air-quality agencies have made steady progress in virtually every air-pollution control measurement, the Association of Air Pollution Control Agencies (AAPCA) said as it released a new report on Apr. 17. Source: News

OPEC's fragile supply

Violent protests in Venezuela and resurgent militancy in Libya provide troubling reminders about the wretched method of limiting oil supply. Source: News

Indian territory oil history

Most Oklahomans know the history behind the title given to the city of Tulsa: Oil Capital of the World. Major oil strikes were made before the surrounding territory was even granted statehood. Source: News

RIL produces coalbed methane from India’s Sohagpur

Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) has started production from its first coalbed methane (CBM) SP (West) block and plans to ramp up production during the next 18 months. Production is from Sohagpur in Madhya Pradesh. Source: News

Unipetrol’s Litvinov refinery due energy study

Unipetrol RPA SRO-Rafinerie, the refining arm of Unipetrol AS and parent company Polski Koncern Naftowy SA (PKN Orlen), has let a contract to Finland’s Neste Jacobs Oy to perform a comprehensive study of the 5.4 million-tpy refinery in Litvinov, Czech Republic. Source: News