Refining
Saudi Aramco, Shell to separate Motiva assets
HOUSTON -- Saudi Arabian Oil Company and Royal Dutch Shell plc announce the signing of binding definitive agreements between Saudi Refining, Inc. -- a wholly owned subsidiary of Saudi Aramco -- and SOPC Holdings East LLC -- a US downstream subsidiary of Shell -- on the separation of assets, liabilities and businesses of Motiva Enterprises LLC.
Amec awarded Shell global downstream framework agreement
Amec Foster Wheeler announced the award of a five-year global Enterprise Framework Agreement (EFA) with Shell Global Solutions International, B.V. to provide engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for its downstream projects worldwide.
Burning less oil at home will help Saudi exports and Aramco IPO
DUBAI (Reuters) -- Saudi Arabia is likely to reduce the amount of oil it burns to generate power this summer as the kingdom hikes domestic energy prices and uses more natural gas in power stations, industry sources said.
Exxon to invest $20 B on US Gulf Coast refining projects
HOUSTON (Reuters) -- ExxonMobil Corp, the world's largest publicly traded oil producer, said on Monday it would invest $20 billion through 2022 to expand its chemical and oil refining plants on the US Gulf Coast.
CERAWeek ’17: IEA expects global oil demand to rise, outpace supply after 2020
HOUSTON -- Global oil demand will continue to rise in the next five years, dominated by India and Asia, the International Energy Agency said Monday, March 6, during the first day of CERAWeek in Houston.
Oil whipsaws as production seen rising, more OPEC cuts discussed
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Oil prices whipsawed Monday, turning negative after the International Energy Agency forecast potential shale oil growth and waning European refined product demand, which bodes poorly for global efforts to remove a glut.
White House weighs US biofuels program change, no position yet -official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Trump administration is reviewing the possibility of a key change to US biofuels policy requested by oil refiners and Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor and special advisor on regulations to President Donald Trump, a White House official said on Monday.
US energy stocks, darlings last year, stumble in 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The energy sector is the stock market's dud so far in 2017 after a banner performance in 2016, and the rest of the year may also be rocky for investors due to the unclear path for crude oil prices.
Asia fuel oil: Buyers re-emerge to narrow cash discounts, spreads sag
DUBAI (Reuters) -- Buyers of physical cargoes re-emerged in the Platts window on Monday helping narrow cash discounts of Asia's 380-cst fuel oil, but a prevalence of bearish sentiment in the paper markets weighed on near-dated time spreads of the fuel.
PetroChina Dalian refinery exports first Australian-spec diesel cargo
BEIJING (Reuters) -- PetroChina's Dalian oil refinery exported on Feb. 27 a 40,000 t cargo of diesel fuel with that met Australian fuel quality specifications, the first shipment of its kind from China, according to a statement posted on the website of the state assets regulator on Monday.
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