Crude oil

Sanctions-hit Nayara scrambles to sustain operations, with New Delhi's help

Shut out of many international markets because of crippling sanctions imposed by the European Union on July 18, the Russian-owned refinery has had to divert more fuel to the domestic market and find new export customers, among numerous workarounds, big and small, forced by the bloc's penalty.

Latest U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil deal blow to China's Sinopec

The latest U.S. sanctions on Iranian petroleum exports deal a blow to Chinese refining giant Sinopec by targeting a terminal through which the state major handles one-fifth of its crude oil imports.

FourPoint Resources, Energy Transfer to facilitate expansion of Price River Terminal in Utah (U.S.)

The terminal expansion will feature a newly constructed continuous loop track to streamline rail logistics and a railcar load rack capable of loading 140,000 bpd of oil.

Temperature control strategies for distillation columns in the CPI

Czech state lending 200,000 tons of oil to Orlen Unipetrol during TAL work

The State Material Reserves Administration (SSHR) said work on modernizing the pier at the port in Trieste, Italy, where the pipeline begins, was limiting the movement of tankers and restricting supplies.

Taiwan's CPC Corp. shuts one crude unit at Talin for maintenance until November

The 150,000-bpd crude unit and some gasoline-producing units were shut around the middle of September.

Indonesia's Pertamina completes oil storage tank construction to support refinery upgrade

The overhaul of the Balikpapan facility is nearly finished and operations are scheduled to begin in November.

Update: U.S. postpones sanctions on Serbia's Russian-owned NIS oil company for one week

The reported extension comes as the U.S. extended a license for Croatian oil pipeline operator JANAF to transport crude to Serbia for another week, as it seeks to complete the delivery of contracted volumes.

Delek sues Marex and BTX over $30 million refinery damage from tainted crude

Delek US Holdings has sued London-based Marex Group and Texas-based BTX Energy, accusing them of supplying contaminated crude oil that damaged one of its U.S. refineries and caused more than $30 million in losses.

Idemitsu shuts 165,000-bpd Aichi CDU for scheduled maintenance

Its smaller rival Cosmo Oil, a unit of Cosmo Energy Holdings, also shut the 100,000-bpd CDU at its Sakai refinery in western Japan on August 27 for scheduled maintenance, with operations expected to resume in October.