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Hunt Refining's Tuscaloosa refinery (U.S.) expedites maintenance, repairs on fire-damaged coker unit
Hunt Refining has expedited and started maintenance and repairs on the fire-damaged coker unit at its 63,000-bpd petroleum refinery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama last week.
Phillips 66's Los Angeles (U.S.) refinery layoffs to begin in December, sources say
Phillips 66 is expected to lay off most workers at its 139,000-barrel-per-day Los Angeles-area refinery in December.
ExxonMobil Joliet refinery (U.S.) running unit at reduced rate
ExxonMobil was operating the catalytic cracker unit at its 275,000-bpd Joliet, Illinois (U.S.) refinery at reduced rates earlier this week. The refinery ran its 98,000-bpd catalytic cracker unit at approximately 50% capacity due to unspecified mechanical issues.
Gulf Energy Information’s Lee Nichols recognized with prestigious G. D. Crain Jr. Award
Lee Nichols, Vice President of Content for Gulf Energy Information of Houston, Texas (U.S.) and London, England has been named the 2025 winner of the prestigious G.D. Crain Jr. Award, the highest recognition for editorial in business-to-business media.
U.S. says there are significant undiscovered oil and gas resources in Wyoming
A new federal assessment has identified significant undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in parts of Wyoming, Utah and Colorado, the U.S. Interior Department said on Wednesday.
Stronger U.S. hurricane season could mean more oil supply outages
An expected stronger hurricane season than average raises the risk of weather-related production outages in the U.S. oil industry.
ExxonMobil working to resolve operational issue at refinery in Illinois (U.S.)
ExxonMobil said on Tuesday it was working to resolve an issue at its 275,000-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois (U.S.).
Neste starts to supply SAF to FedEx at Los Angeles International Airport (U.S.)
Neste and FedEx have agreed on the supply of 8,800 metric tons (> 3 MMgal) of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel to FedEx at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It is the largest SAF purchase by a U.S. cargo airline at LAX to-date.
Germany's VCI says chemical sector sales grew 1.8% in Q1 of this year
Quarterly sales in Germany's chemical industry grew 1.8% from last year, helped by higher demand and pull-forward effects from U.S. customers stocking up
Construction underway at Infinium large-scale eFuels production facility in Texas (U.S.)
Infinium, a leading producer of commercially available eFuels, announced today that construction is underway on its second U.S.-based eFuels production site, known as Project Roadrunner. The project, which includes investors Brookfield Asset Management and Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, is located in Reeves County, Texas, near the city of Pecos.
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