Americas
API poll: High ethanol mandates worry US voters
“Across the political spectrum, voters are concerned about the significant damage the RFS mandate and higher ethanol blends could cause to automobiles, motorcycles and almost every type of gasoline powered engine,” said Frank Macchiarola, downstream group director at the API.
GPA ’16: Historic trade association changes name to GPA Midstream
GPA Midstream was selected to more clearly identify the midstream industry role that the organization has evolved into in recent years, while also keeping the equity of the three-letter GPA reference.
US crude stocks unexpectedly fall as refiners run in overdrive
The EIA report was "modestly supportive" with the jump in refinery runs and fall in imports "obvious catalysts in causing overall crude oil inventories to decline," a key analyst said.
Wood Group acquires software supplier Ingenious
Founded in 2000 by Vibhu Sharma and Bharat Kamdar, Houston-based Ingenious provides consulting and engineering services to support software sales and non-software-related services such as process engineering, design and simulation, and process safety management.
Fairfax India to invest $300MM in petrochemicals producer Sanmar
Chennai-based Sanmar, a family-owned firm chaired by N Sankar, is one of India's largest producers of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The firm owns manufacturing facilities in India and Egypt.
Lyondell cuts Houston refinery output after fire
A large fire broke out Friday morning at LyondellBasell’s 263,776-bpd Houston refinery in Texas. It is the second major refinery fire in two days in the metro Houston area.
TransCanada delays restart of Keystone oil line serving Illinois refinery
The outage of the Keystone oil pipeline from Canada has forced refiner Phillips 66 to cut run rates and shut units at its 306,000 bpd Wood River refinery in Illinois.
Fire erupts at ExxonMobil’s Baytown refinery
Exxon said the fire was later extinguished, no workers were injured and output would not be hurt at the 560,500-bpd oil refinery, the second-largest in the United States.
Keystone pipeline closure leads Phillips 66 to shut Illinois refinery units
Phillips' refinery in Wood River, Illinois, has shut down a 64,000-bpd sour crude unit and a 16,000-bpd coker due to the disruption in supply, two sources told Reuters.
Magellan, TransMontaigne mull new Texas refined products pipeline
The potential project would include construction of an approximately 150-mile, 16-inch diameter pipeline capable of transporting 150,000 bpd of gasoline, diesel fuel, propane and condensate from Magellan’s terminal in Corpus Christi, Texas, to TransMontaigne’s terminal in Brownsville, Texas.
- Refinery closures may lead to higher gasoline prices on the U.S. West Coast 7/9
- INNIO Group, Gföllner Group establish JV, offering power solutions to the U.S. market 7/9
- U.S. crude stockpiles increase, gasoline falls on July 4 driving demand 7/9
- Nigeria's Dangote refinery plans 1.6-MMbbl fuel storage tanks in Namibia 7/9
- Denso’s Covercoat System sets new standard in corrosion prevention 7/9
- Jet fuel demand falters as Chinese curb overseas trips, U.S. policies weigh 7/9
