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US Oil Refiners’ Weekly Capacity to Fall by 450,000 Barrels Per Day, IIR Energy Says

(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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US Gulf Refineries Ready to Run Venezuelan Crude

(Reuters) – Refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast from Corpus Christi, Texas to Pascagoula, Mississippi are configured to run the heavy sour, corrosive crude oil produced by Venezuela that President Donald Trump plans to sell in the U.S., following the capture last weekend of Nicolas Maduro. Beginning in the 1990s, refiners reconfigured their plants with …

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Venezuelan Oil Would Boost US Refiners, Hurt Canadian Producers

By Arathy Somasekhar and Georgina Mccartney US Gulf Coast refiners set to benefit if Venezuelan sanctions end Canadian crude will lose pricing power if Venezuelan oil flows freely Chinese independent refineries will seek alternatives if Venezuelan crude is redirected HOUSTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) – A full-scale resumption of Venezuelan oil exports would benefit refiners in …

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Amber Energy Plans to Hold on to Citgo Refineries After Takeover

By Marianna Parraga Sale, expected to close in 2026, needs OFAC approval Citgo’s refineries provide stable earnings throughout the year Amber expected to shake up Citgo’s board Some contractors might become permanent employees after deal HOUSTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Elliott Investment Management’s affiliate Amber Energy plans to keep Citgo Petroleum’s refineries, terminals and other …

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BP’s Whiting Refinery Returns to Normal Operations After October Fire

(Reuters) – BP’s 440,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, has returned to normal operations following a planned maintenance turnaround in September and a fire in October, two sources said. The largest refinery in the U.S. Midwest returned to normal operations early this week, the sources said. A BP spokesperson declined on Wednesday to comment on …

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Global Oil Refining Profits Surge and May Stay Strong

(Reuters) – Global refining margins have hit multi-year highs in November due to sanctions on Russia, refinery outages and maintenance, according to LSEG data and analysts, and some see little respite without more plants being built in the Western world. The strength in margins contrasts with crude oil markets coming under pressure from an expected …

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BP Says Fire Extinguished at Whiting, Indiana Refinery

(Reuters) – A fire broke out at BP’s 440,000 barrel-per-day Whiting refinery in Indiana and was extinguished as of Friday morning, the company said. The fire resulted from an operational incident and there were no injuries, the company said in an emailed statement. It did not elaborate on the incident. Reuters earlier reported multiple units …

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IEA Sees Drone Hits Weighing on Russia Refinery Runs to Mid-2026

Ukrainian long-range drones at an undisclosed location in February. Photographer: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo The impact from Ukrainian drone strikes will suppress Russia’s refinery processing rates until at least mid-2026, the International Energy Agency says in its latest monthly oil-market report. Kyiv has been intensifying attacks on its foe’s energy infrastructure — including oil refineries, pipelines …

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Exxon Restarts FCCU at Beaumont, Texas, Refinery, Sources Say

By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil restarted the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit on Thursday at its 612,000-barrel-per-day Beaumont, Texas, refinery, people familiar with plant operations said. The 120,000-bpd FCCU was shut on Tuesday night by a malfunction, according to a notice the company filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental …

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