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Italy: Eni to switch its Venice plant into a biofuel plant
Italian energy group Eni announced a $125 million project to convert its Venice Refinery into a bio-refinery, with the first biofuel production expected to start at the beginning of 2014.
read more... 26/09/2012
Daily – oil up on encouraging employment data in US
U.S. and Brent crude oil futures soared on Friday for a second day in line on recently released encouraging data about US employment market and on stronger refinery demand expected in China.
read more... 07/11/2011
Bulgaria withdrew Lukoil’s refinery license
On Wednesday, the Bulgarian customs officials has withdrawn the license of the country’s biggest oil refinery, called Neftochim, which is controlled by Russia’s giant, Lukoil.
read more... 28/07/2011
Four dead in an explosion at a British refinery
A storage tank belonging to Chevron blasted at a British oil refinery in western Wales, killing four workers and seriously injuring another, this being the U.K.’s worst refinery disaster since 1974.
read more... 06/06/2011
A blast hits Iranian oil refinery during president Ahmadinejad’s visit
Iranian state media agency has reported that an explosion rocked at Abadan Refinery on Tuesday during the visit of Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, even at the moment he was holding a speech at the plant inauguration ceremony.
read more... 25/05/2011