Americas
Gulf Oil announces new Gulf Pay mobile app
WELLESLEY HILLS, Mass. -- Gulf Oil today announced the launch of a new mobile payment application, Gulf Pay. The new offering, powered by P97's PetroZone mobile commerce platform, will enable Gulf customers to navigate to the nearest Gulf gas station, pay for fuel at the pump, and purchase products inside the convenience store utilizing mobile payment technology.
Sunoco LP announces a new, high-detergent fuel blend
DALLAS -- Sunoco Ultratech, a high-detergent fuel blend, will be available to customers starting April 1 across all grades of gasoline at every Sunoco station across the country. The introduction of Sunoco Ultratech is the company's latest effort to provide customers with the high quality fuel they've come to expect from Sunoco.
Pruitt takes EPA reins as Trump targets regulations
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The US Senate confirmed President Donald Trump's pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday over the objections of Democrats and environmentalists worried he will gut the agency, as the administration readies executive orders to ease regulation on drillers and miners.
After OPEC cuts heavy oil, China teapot refiners pull US supply to Asia
SINGAPORE/HOUSTON (Reuters) -- Chinese independent, or teapot, refiners are bringing in rare cargoes of North American heavy crude in a new long-distance flow that traders say has only been made possible by OPEC's output cuts and ample supplies in Canada and the United States.
Fire hits California refinery; local gasoline prices could rise
(Reuters) -- An explosion and fire at an oil refinery in Torrance, California, on Saturday forced the partial shutdown of the plant, leading oil traders to expect a spike this week in West Coast gasoline prices.
US gasoline margins hit 1-year low on oversupply fears
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- US gasoline margins fell by more than 11% early on Friday, hitting one-year lows as record inventories and signs of weakening demand dampen expectations and upend trade flows.
Meridian Energy signs MoU for the purchase, distribution of refinery products
BELFIELD, North Dakota – Meridian Energy Group, Inc., the leading developer of innovative solutions for a cleaner, environmentally-compliant oil refinery, announced today that it has recently entered into Memoranda of Understanding with local and regional petroleum product distribution firms, under which these firms will purchase and distribute up to 268 million gallons per year of refined products from the Davis Refinery, Meridian’s greenfield refinery proposed for Billings County, near Belfield, ND.
Study reveals cybersecurity readiness gaps in US oil and gas industry
A survey of US oil and gas cybersecurity risk managers indicates that the deployment of cybersecurity measures in the industry isn’t keeping pace with the growth of digitalization in oil and gas operations. In a study from the Ponemon Institute – The State of Cybersecurity in the Oil & Gas Industry: United States – just 35% of respondents rated their organization’s operational technology (OT) cyber readiness as high.
Governor orders evacuation of Dakota pipeline protest camp
(Reuters) -- The governor of North Dakota ordered protesters on Wednesday to evacuate a demonstration camp near the site of the Dakota Access Pipeline in the latest move to clear the area that has served as a base for opposition to the multibillion dollar project.
Crews clean up small illegal crude oil dump in Saskatchewan
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) -- Crews have cleaned up 95% of what appears to be an intentional crude oil spill from a large transport vehicle into a ditch near Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, local authorities said on Wednesday.
- Shell shuts down Singapore oil processing unit to investigate leak 12/27
- Peru declares environmental emergency after oil spill 12/27
- New York (U.S.) to fine fossil fuel companies $75 B under new climate law 12/27
- BPCL plans $11-B refinery and petrochemical project in South India 12/26
- Mexico's new Olmeca refinery operated at 17% of capacity in November 12/26
- Relevant Industrial announces acquisition of Loy Instrument Inc. 12/26
