Refining
Column: China's fuel exports less worrisome than crude costs for refiners
China's booming fuel exports have contributed to a structural lowering of margins for the region's refiners, but fluctuations are still mostly linked to crude prices.
BP Whiting refinery returns to normal operations
BP's Whiting, Indiana refinery returned to normal production by Monday morning for the first time since late July.
Four people injured in Romanian Black Sea refinery fire
Four people were injured when a nitrogen tank exploded at Romania's Black Sea Petromidia crude refinery.
ExxonMobil defends handling of Torrance refinery outage
ExxonMobil is defending its handling of an outage at its Los Angeles refinery following a blast in February 2015 after a prominent trading company told a state commission that the process had lacked transparency.
Sundyne debuts fit-for-purpose centrifugal gas compressors for power generation
Sundyne announced a new series of fit-for-purpose centrifugal gas compressors, which are ideal for applications associated with the power generation market.
Daily Thermetrics to use Orbital Gas Systems’ gas sampling technology
CUI Global Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Gas Systems (Orbital) signed a technology and patent license agreement with Daily Thermetrics, a global design and manufacturing company providing the process industries with precise temperature measurement instrumentation.
General Atomics’ electrostatic separators selected for S-Oil’s Onsan refinery
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems received an order for a 16-module electrostatic separator system for installation at the new residue upgrading complex project at S-Oil Corporation’s Onsan refinery in the Republic of Korea.
Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery delays shutdown
ExxonMobil Corp. put off plans to shut its Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery after it managed to start a LPG processing unit in the adjoining chemical plant.
Lyondell Houston refinery restoring production after steam loss
LyondellBasell Industries was restoring production at its 263 Mbpd Houston refinery after a midday power interruption robbed the plant of steam supply last week.
Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery HCU shut by steam loss
The hydrocracking unit at Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas City, Texas, was shut Sunday after the steam supply was temporarily lost at the refinery.
- U.S. labor board judge rules Exxon's Texas refinery union lockout was legal 11/28
- U.S. crude stocks fall, gasoline and distillate inventories rise 11/28
- Maersk could use 15%–20% alternative fuels for its fleet in 2030 11/28
- Germany's BSW pushes to restore Russian oil to Schwedt refinery, seeks regional legitimacy 11/28
- Asia likely to benefit from cheaper Canadian, Mexican oil if Trump imposes tariffs 11/28
- Singapore distillates stocks tick up for fifth week 11/28
