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Pirates Snatch Supertanker, Crew, $100M In Oil
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) The U.S. Navy said pirates commandeered a Saudi-owned supertanker bearing more than $100 million worth of crude a few hundred miles off the Kenyan coast.
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BASF Prepares for 'Tough Times' - Hambrecht
(Wednesday, November 19, 2008) BASF is taking measures to avoid the creation of overcapacities as a result of a massive decline in demand. The company is temporarily shutting down around 80 plants worldwide.
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Cypriot Investment Firm Wins Nod To Buy Ukrainian Refinery
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) The Anti-Monopoly Committee of Ukraine has allowed an unknown Cypriot company, Morgtawn Holdings Limited, to purchase more than 50 percent of the Kherson oil refinery's statutory capital, its press service reported last Friday.
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ConocoPhillips Reports Maintenance On Borger, Sweeny ESPs
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) ConocoPhillips plans maintenance starting Tuesday on the fluid catalytic cracker electrostatic precipitators at its 146,000 barrel-per-day Borger, Texas, refinery, according to its filing with state regulators.
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DNV Unveils Qualification Procedure for CO2 Capture Tech
(Wednesday, November 19, 2008) In order to ensure that new CO2 capture technology works as intended, DNV, together with the industry and Norwegian authorities, has developed a new qualification procedure.
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Sunoco Logistics Acquires Magtex Pipeline System
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. announced Tuesday that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the MagTex refined products pipeline system located in Texas from affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corp.
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Exxon Restarting Coker At Baytown
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) Exxon Mobil Corp is in the process of restarting a flexicoker unit at its 567,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Baytown, Texas, after planned maintenance work that was delayed by Hurricane Ike, a spokesman said Tuesday.
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Cap and Trade Scheme To Spell Doom for LNG Projects - Lobby
(Wednesday, November 19, 2008) Australia's proposed emissions trading will sink about a third of new LNG projects, an industry lobby group warns.
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Mustang Wins Contract for Abu Dhabi CCS Project
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) Masdar announced the selection of Mustang Engineering to provide front-end engineering and design services for its Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the United Arab Emirates.
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Sempra To Begin Imports from Tangguh In Mid-2009
(Tuesday, November 18, 2008) San Diego-based Sempra Energy will buy 3.7 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) worth US$1.1 billion annually from Tangguh project in Papua.
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