Sentence examples for refinery construction from inspiring English sources

Then, when refinery construction started four years ago, it brought a boom.

Mazeikiai, a small town of about 13,500 people in 1970 just before refinery construction began, nearly doubled in size during the construction period.

In addition, it features slightly more controversial proposals for build-operate-transfer (BOT) contracts with the private sector for refinery construction, in order to reverse increasing dependency on imports of refined products.

Mr. Curtis, the Lynas chairman, insists that the new factory will be much cleaner and far safer than the old Mitsubishi plant, which "never should have been built," he said recently, as he led a tour of the sprawling Lynas refinery construction site here.

After teetering on the verge of an embarrassing defeat, desperate party leaders managed to persuade enough of their members to switch positions to win narrow 212-to-210 approval of a measure that its backers said would expedite refinery construction and crack down on price gouging.

With local opposition and strict environmental laws still weighing heavily against refinery construction, industry experts have said that expansions in the years ahead will be confined to upgrades of existing plants, but they have said its pace could be affected by how the environmental agency enforces the pollution laws.

Hurricanes, floods, and political instability abroad are hard to control, and, even if oil companies overcome their reluctance to spend billions of dollars on new refineries, construction would take years.

Complex electronic components that require a long time to manufacture were ordered late and will not be ready for the first phase of the refinery's construction until November, said the engineer, who requested anonymity to avoid retaliation by Lynas in the close-knit mineral processing industry.

Prohibit oil and gas drilling on most federal lands; shut down nearly 40percentt of all American refineries; discourage construction of any new oil refineries; deny permits for any new coal or nuclear power plant construction; and encourage the sale of sport utility vehicles.

By 2008 that number had grown to 139, with an additional 62 refineries under construction.

The China National Petroleum Corporation holds a 40% stake in the Greater Nile Petroleum Company and has invested $3 billion in refinery and pipeline construction.