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EnCana and ConocoPhillips Begin Wood River Refinery Expansion

Posted on September 24, 2008

EnCana Corporation, through its 50-50 integrated oil venture with ConocoPhillips, will begin construction this month of a Coker and Refinery Expansion (CORE) project at the Wood River refinery in Roxana, Illinois. The project, which had been challenged (earlier post), recently received regulatory approval.The project will expand the refinery's upgrading capacity for heavy crude oil as well as increase production of transportation fuels for the US Midwest market.The $3.6-billion CORE project is expected to be completed over the next three years. It will:Add a 65,000 barrels-per-day (bbls/d) cok...

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