Bongaigaon Refinery to merge with Indian Oil

September 25th, 2009 No injuries, evacuations from refinery fire in LALOS ANGELES — Los Angeles fire officials say they've choked off a fire at an oil refinery south of downtown, but nearby schools are being urged to keep students indoors until the smoke clears. The fire at the 300-acre Tesoro Corp.

August 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has decided to get the security cover from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) for its Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat. RIL's Jamnagar refinery, is world's biggest Greenfield refinery According to sources, the RIL has conveyed its decision to the Union Home Ministry that they are now keen to take the CISF security cover.

August 19th, 2009 KBR to provide services for Angolan refineryHOUSTON — KBR said Wednesday it has been hired to provide engineering services for a proposed refinery in Lobito, Angola. KBR, an international construction and engineering firm, didn't say how much it would earn from the contract with Angola's state-owned oil and gas company, Sonangol, E.P.

July 30th, 2009 Indo-ASIAN NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI - India's largest refiner Indian Oil Corp Thursday said its net profit for the quarter ended June 30 surged 780 percent as lower crude oil prices narrowed its revenue losses. The company reported a net profit of Rs.3,680 crore ($763 million) for the quarter compared to Rs.410 crore in the like period the year before.

July 7th, 2009 Sunoco to close ethylene complex in DelawareCLAYMONT, Del. — Sunoco says it will close the ethylene complex at the Marcus Hook Refinery, weeks after it was shut down because of an explosion and fire.

June 29th, 2009 BHATINDA - Agitated over an employee's death, over a hundred of his colleagues burnt vehicles and damaged property in Bhatinda on Monday. Noticing agitated persons turning violent and damaging property, police resorted to firing after baton charging the mob.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run power equipment manufacturer Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged an order worth Rs.170 crore from Chennai Petroleum Corp (CPC) to set up a gas turbine at its Manali refinery. BHEL will develop 20 MW co-generation power plant at CPC's Manali refinery.

June 16th, 2009 Imperial Sugar restarts Ga. refineryPORT WENTWORTH, Ga.

April 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - The Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries Ltd has surrendered the export-oriented unit (EOU) status of its refinery in Gujarat's Jamnagar to sell fuel in the domestic market. 'The refinery will now operate as a non-EOU refinery to cater to increasing demand of petroleum products in the country,' the company said in a statement.

March 30th, 2009 NICOSIA - The state-run Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) confirmed press reports that it had scrapped plans to built a fourth refinery at Al Zour, at an estimated cost of 15 billion dollars and has informed accordingly the companies involved. This is the second multi-billion project which has been abandoned by a Kuwati state-run company in the past three months.

February 28th, 2009 MUMBAI - The $34.5-billion Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector company, Friday announced that it will consider a proposal next week to merge another group company into itself to bring in operational efficiency. The Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries and its oil refining and export-oriented subsidiary Reliance Petroleum, have both informed the stock exchanges of their boards' agenda to consider the merger.

January 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run oil major Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) Tuesday reported a loss of Rs.2.85 billion for the third quarter ending Dec 31, as against a Rs.3.47 billion profit in the corresponding period a year ago. The company's total income too decreased 6.5 percent to Rs.75.85 billion in the third quarter from Rs.81.13 billion in the corresponding period a year before, a company statement said.

January 8th, 2009 Frequently asked questions on the oil employees' strike: Q: Who all are involved? A: Employees of 13 public sector energy companies, including majors such as Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum, Oil and Natural Gas Corp and GAIL India (previously Gas Authority of India Ltd). The Oil Sector Officers Association (OSOA) - the umbrella organisation representing 45,000 officers in 14 public sector oil and gas companies - called the strike from 6 a.m.

January 8th, 2009 AGRA - All six units of the Indian Oil Corporation's Mathura refinery have been shut down due to the strike by public sector oil company officials, according to a strike leader. P.S. Rajput, officers association secretary, said late Thursday night that one of the largest refineries in north India had to be shut down because Gas Authority of India Limited had stopped gas supply.

January 7th, 2009 JAMNAGAR - An accidental explosion at the Reliance refinery here killed two engineers, the company said Thursday, a day after the incident. The explosion occurred Wednesday while a pipeline was being tested at the hydrogen plant of the newly commissioned refinery at Moti Khavdi.