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Peru, Argentina to seek resolution to biodiesel dispute

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Argentina and Peru are seeking to resolve a dispute stemming from Peru's decision to apply anti-dumping tariffs on imports of Argentine biodiesel a year ago, Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Friday.

Oil near 2-yr high as tightening market attracts buyers

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) — Oil prices rose on Friday, nearing their highest levels in more than 2 yr, with buyers attracted by expectations of an extension to a global pact to cut output that has reduced oversupply.

Canadian Natural commits to shipping more crude on Keystone XL pipeline

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) — Canadian Natural Resources Ltd has increased its volume commitment on TransCanada Corp’s Keystone XL pipeline by about 46% to 175,000 bpd, Canadian Natural President Steve Laut told Reuters on Thursday.

DuPont to sell cellulosic ethanol plant in blow to biofuel

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) — DuPont Industrial Biosciences, a unit of DowDuPont Inc, on Thursday said it halted operations at a 2-yr-old ethanol plant and will sell it, dealing another blow to efforts to create biofuels without using food crops.

WGLC ’17: Growing gender diversity in STEM fields

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Smith, Ashley

HOUSTON — Preparing young women for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields was the focus of Tuesday morning’s panel session during day 2 of the Women’s Global Leadership Conference (WGLC) in Houston.

Emergency triggers halt in Petrobras refinery operation

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — A refinery belonging Brazilian state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA was shut down for an emergency on Wednesday for the third time in less than 30 days, a labor union said in a press release.

Icahn refinery cuts biofuels short amid reform standstill

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Carl Icahn’s oil refining company CVR Energy has significantly unwound a large short position in the US biofuel credit market, more than halving its outstanding blending obligation, the company said on Wednesday.

Shell cancels plan to close Convent refinery gasoline unit

HOUSTON (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell Plc has shelved a plan to permanently close the gasoline-producing unit at its 227,586-bpd Convent, Louisiana, oil refinery in early 2018, the company said on Thursday.

WGLC '17: Refining women's careers in the downstream: Listening and looking beyond

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Blume, Adrienne

HOUSTON—On the afternoon of Day 1 of the 2017 Women's Global Leadership Conference in Energy (WGLC), a panel of experts discussed working in the downstream industry as a woman in a senior position.

WGLC ’17: Gender diversity, technological advances and the ‘disruption’ of the energy industry

Hydrocarbon Processing Staff: Smith, Ashley

HOUSTON — Where the state of the energy industry is and how gender and diversity affects it was the focus of Hind Farag’s presentation during the opening session of the Women’s Global Leadership Conference Wednesday, Nov. 1 in Houston.