Refining

U.S. crude stockpiles rise as refineries begin maintenance

U.S. crude oil inventories rose last week as refineries headed into maintenance season, while gasoline stocks fell ahead of the long Labor Day weekend, data from the Energy Information Administration showed.

Draining inlet steam-controlled reboilers is a balancing act

Eliminate human error by mechanically linking PSV isolation valves

Digital Exclusive: Improving rotor performance with the high-speed balancing bunker

This technical article demonstrates how a novel high-speed balancing bunker serves as a critical resource for maintaining the performance and reliability of high-speed rotors in turbomachinery.

U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel imports fall sharply in 2025 after tax credit change

U.S. imports of biodiesel and renewable diesel significantly decreased in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period in previous years. This decline is primarily due to the loss of tax credits for imported biofuels and generally lower domestic consumption of these fuels.

Axens kicks-off first worldwide full-SAF unit in Asia

Axens has successfully started up 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) unit at site in Asia. The facility has the capacity to entirely convert 300,000 tpy of renewable feedstock into high-value SAF.

GHGSat satellites deployed to monitor methane at scale across ExxonMobil's onshore operations

The partnership will monitor and mitigate methane at scale across ExxonMobil's onshore operations in North America and Asia including the United States, Canada, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

Nigeria's Dangote refinery gasoline unit could be shut for 2–3 months

The unit has been shut since around August 29 after catalyst leaks.

Oil flows to Germany via damaged Druzhba pipeline to normalize

Ukrainian drones struck an oil pumping station in Russia's Tambov region, leading to supply disruption via the Druzhba pipeline last month.

Value engineering in process plant piping