Thursday, July 26, 2007

ConocoPhillips Cuts Runs at Germany's Wilhelmshaven Refinery, Mulva Says

(Bloomberg) -- ConocoPhillips, the third-largest
U.S. oil company, has reduced runs at its 227,000 barrel-a-day
Wilhelmshaven refinery in Germany after high oil prices made
refining uneconomic, the company's Chief Executive Officer Jim
Mulva said.

``We've taken an economic decision to cut back runs at the
Wilhelmshaven refinery,'' said Mulva in a conference call with
analysts and reporters yesterday. ``The less sophisticated
refineries such as Wilhelmshaven obviously are subject to, for
economic reasons, some cutbacks in runs.''


Read more at Bloomberg Energy News

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