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(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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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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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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By Timothy Gardner Fourth round of US Iran sanctions that target a China refinery US also sanctions first Chinese petrochemical terminal Trump says would like Iran to be able to rebuild WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. imposed sanctions on about 100 individuals, entities and vessels, including a Chinese independent refinery and terminal, that …
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(Reuters) – Chevron said on Tuesday it was working to restart some of the processing units that were shut down due to a fire at its El Segundo refinery last week. “The refinery continues to operate and create transportation fuels, although at diminished rates,” the company said. Last week, Chevron’s El Segundo refinery took multiple units offline after …
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(Reuters) – Chevron said on Saturday that it will be making operational adjustments to its 285,000 barrel-per-day El Segundo refinery to meet Southern California’s fuel demands after a large fire erupted on Thursday night at the refinery. The El Segundo refinery is the second-largest in California and Chevron’s second-biggest refinery in the United States. The facility supplies …
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Drones hit major oil sites in Bashkortostan and Volgograd Salavat complex working as usual – TASS Some Russia’s regions face fuel shortages KYIV/MOSCOW, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Ukraine said on Thursday that its drones had struck a major oil processing and petrochemical complex and an oil refinery in Russia, part of an intensifying campaign to …
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Cenovus Energy Inc. has signed a deal to sell its 50 per cent stake in WRB Refining LP to its joint venture partner Phillips 66 for about $1.9 billion. The WRB joint venture includes the Wood River Refinery in Illinois and the Borger Refinery in Texas. The operations have combined crude throughput capacity of 495,000 …
Cenovus Selling Stake in WRB Refining to Joint Venture Partner Phillips 66 for $1.9B Read More »
Ron Bousso (Reuters) – The recent wave of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries and export facilities could boost global refining profit margins – particularly those in the U.S. – just as the peak summer demand season fades. Ukrainian attacks have shut down facilities accounting for at least 17% of Russia’s oil processing capacity, …
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California’s Energy Commission voted on Friday to temporarily set aside penalties for excessive refining profits that were adopted after gasoline pump prices climbed over $8 a gallon in 2022. The five-year delay in implementing the penalties comes as Phillips 66’s Los Angeles refinery is preparing to begin shutting production as early as next week ahead …
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