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(Reuters) – United Steelworkers is asking workers at BP’s 440,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Whiting, Indiana, to prepare for a strike or lockout, the union said on Thursday after weeks of negotiations with the British oil major that did not yield results. The comments come after 98% of members at the refinery voted to authorize a strike. …
Feb 5 (Reuters) – Phillips 66 (PSX.N) will lay off around half of its employees at its sole remaining oil refinery in California after shuttering operations, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing a filing with California’s employment regulator. Reporting by Sumit Saha in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber
United Steelworkers members at BP’s 440,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Whiting, Indiana agreed to a rolling 24-hour contract extension at the largest refinery in the U.S. Midwest, the company said in a statement on Sunday.This would mean that the current collective bargaining agreement would automatically renew every 24 hours unless either the union or BP cancels the …
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Summary Strike averted on a rolling 24-hour basis, union says Union has rejected at least five Marathon proposals Last proposal would have provided 14% pay increase over four years (Reuters) – The United Steelworkers union said late on Saturday it would extend talks with Marathon Petroleum, averting a strike by 30,000 workers at U.S. refineries …
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(Reuters) – The United Steelworkers union rejected a comprehensive contract offer from Marathon Petroleum in talks for a national pattern agreement for U.S. refinery and chemical plant workers, the union said on Wednesday night. The USW and Marathon, lead negotiators for energy companies, face a 12:01 a.m. deadline on Sunday to hammer out a new …
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Top U.S. oil refiners are expected to post stronger fourth-quarter profits as product margins spurred by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war boosted earnings, energy analysts said. Fuel makers have reaped unexpected profits this year, after from record levels in 2022, a year when a recovery in demand …
US Refiners Poised for Higher Q4 Profit, Venezuela in Focus Read More »
(Reuters) – Cenovus Energy’s 172,000-barrel-per-day Lima, Ohio, refinery experienced mechanical issues caused by a major winter storm that hit much of the United States over the weekend, industry monitor IIR Energy said on Monday. The refinery experienced mechanical issues brought about by the storm on Sunday, IIR Energy said, adding that efforts to fix the …
Houston firms eye Venezuela’s vast oil reserves amid political uncertainty Smaller investors see Venezuela as high-risk, high-reward opportunity US sanctions complicate oil trade, investment in Venezuela (Reuters) – In a downtown Houston bar, Matthew Goitia, a director at Pelorus Terminals, lays out his early idea to refurbish and build marine terminals that can blend and …
US Oil Capital Houston Buzzes as Industry Limbers up for Venezuela Oil Rush Read More »
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK, Jan 21 (Reuters) – U.S. refineries are preparing for extreme cold weather as an unexpected Arctic blast rolls in, threatening to disrupt operations. A cold front will bring frigid temperatures to the eastern two-thirds of the country, the National Weather Service said on Wednesday, expecting sub-zero lows to spread from …
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(Reuters) – U.S. oil refiners are expected to have about 724,000 barrels per day of capacity offline in the week ending January 16, decreasing available refining capacity by 450,000 bpd, research company IIR Energy said on Friday. Offline capacity is expected to rise to 1.1 million in the week ending January 23, IIR said. The …
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