
US new year update
A round up of downstream news from the US at the start of 2011.
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KBR has acquired Chicago based Roberts & Schaefer Company.

Charles T. Drevna, president of NPRA has expressed disappointment and concern over the decision of an appeals court to uphold the EPA’s recent changes to the federal Renewable Fuels Standard program (RFS2).

South Korea’s GS Engineering and Construction has won a contract for the construction of a petrochemicals plant with Saudi Arabia’s Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem).

Increase in petroleum deliveries signals stronger economy say the American Petroleum Institute.

24 groups seek more time to comment on E15 regulations.

Refineries in North and South America have been affected by a number of outages causing halts and hiccups in production.

Petrochemical news from the Gulf region.

ExxonMobil is celebrating success on opposite sides of the world, with an increased LNG capacity in Qatar and the completion of a carbon capture facility in the USA.

Chatham House has released a new report that discusses the uncertainties the oil and gas industry will face over the next 10 years.