KBR to provide engineering services for proposed Angolan refinery

October 5th, 2009 ManTech receives $23.3 million NASA contractFAIRFAX, Va. — Government contractor ManTech International Corp.

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.

September 1st, 2009 Jacobs Engineering to build new S.F. hospitalPASADENA, Calif.

August 18th, 2009 Oceaneering International to provide equipmentHOUSTON — Oceaneering International Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to supply Esso Exploration Angola Ltd.

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.

July 1st, 2009 MUMBAI - Engineering and construction major Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has bagged orders aggregating Rs.651 crore (Rs.6.51 billion/$135 million) for two hydrocarbon projects. It has won a Rs.440-crore contract from HPCL-Mittal Energy to build a greenfield refinery at Bathinda, the company said in a regulatory statement Wednesday.

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 29th, 2009 Boeing gets $750M Air Force deal for B-52 bomberWASHINGTON — Aerospace company Boeing Co. received a $750 million contract from the Air Force to provide additional services for the B-52 bomber, the Pentagon said late Monday.

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

May 5th, 2009 CHENNAI - The Rs.15,646-crore ($3.15-billion) Murugappa group will invest Rs.586 crore in its existing businesses this fiscal, said senior company officials here Tuesday. 'The investments will be towards completing the existing projects as well as setting up of new facilities,' said A.

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.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has approved a proposal for merging Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals into its parent company, the state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC). In a regulatory statement Wednesday, IOC said Bongaigaon Refinery stands dissolved and the merger becomes effective March 25 following the filing of the amalgamation order with the Registrar of Companies (ROCs) in Shillong and Mumbai.

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 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.