Refining
Analysis: Shell's Singapore refinery sale and its market significance
Oil giant Shell has agreed to sell its Bukom refinery in Singapore—one of the world's largest oil refining and trading centers—to a joint venture of Indonesian chemicals firm PT Chandra Asri and global trading house Glencore, culminating a process that began last year.
bp profit slides by 40% as refinery outage offsets higher output
bp's 1Q earnings plunged by 40% to $2.7 B, missing forecasts after lower energy prices and a U.S. refinery outage offset increased oil and gas production.
bp’s Cherry Point refinery turns feedstock into renewable diesel fuel. Here’s how.
bp is boosting biofuels production to 50,000 bpd globally by 2025. Here, bp provides insight into the company's Cherry Point refinery, in Washington state (U.S.), and the facility's co-processing techniques.
Heavy oil shortages are driving up refiners' cost
Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking already limited supplies of heavy crude in the Atlantic basin, driving up refiners' costs with a likely knock-on effect to industries ranging from shipping and construction to Middle Eastern power plants.
U.S. West Coast refinery demand for hydrogen increasingly met by merchant suppliers
U.S. West Coast refiners are using more hydrogen purchased from merchant suppliers than from their own production.
Shell in talks to sell Malaysia fuel stations to Saudi Aramco
Shell is in talks with Saudi Arabia's state-owned Saudi Aramco to sell its gas station business in Malaysia, a deal that could be worth up to $1 B.
India's fuel demand increases more than 6% y-o-y
According to the country's Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell, India's fuel consumption rose by 6.1% year-on-year in April.
Asian refiners eye output cuts due to diesel surplus
Asian refiners are considering cuts to refined fuel output in the coming months, with some already trimming production in May, after excess diesel supplies squeezed profits.
Kazakh refinery to export gasoline made from Russian oil
Kazakhstan and Russia have allowed Kazakh refinery Condensat to export 225,000 t of gasoline this year that will be produced from naphtha supplied by Russia's Tatneft.
Shell to exit South Africa's downstream businesses
Shell will divest its majority shareholding from a local South African downstream unit after a comprehensive review of its businesses across all regions.
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