China’s Ministry of Transport rejected China National Petroleum Corp.’s (CNPC) proposed site for its 3 million tons per year Shenzhen liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, according to a recent report in the 21st Century Business Herald.

On September 29, Willbros Group Inc. announced that it will provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new Flare Gas Recovery Facility at Valero Energy Corp.’s McKee Refinery in Sunray, Texas. The announcement valued the project at approximately US$14 million.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that BP Products North America Inc. has agreed to pay a US$15 million penalty to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas, petroleum refinery.

Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach has awarded a 67.88 billion Algerian dinars (US$920 million) contract to France’s Technip SA, to refurbish the Algiers refinery, according to a recent Sonatrach statement.

Mumias Sugar Co., Kenya’s largest producer of the sweetener, has signed a 1.6-billion shilling (US$19.8 million) loan to build an ethanol power plant, according to a September 27 report by African Business News (ABN).

Australia-based Linc Energy Ltd. said it has more than doubled its underground coal gasification (UCG) Gasifier 4 flow rates with the work over processes it recently completed with the energy firm’s newly-acquired coil tubing unit equipment.

Global engineering and construction contractor Foster Wheeler AG has completed its initial test of PetroAlgae’s biomass, with encouraging results, the company said on September 28.

Fluor Corp. has been awarded the Hijau Gasoil Phase-1 project in Malaysia by Shell Refining Co., according to a September 28 Fluor announcement.

Marubeni and Toyo Engineering are working on a deal to construct Mongolia’s first oil refinery, according to a September 29 report from Nikkei news service.