http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing Fire at Ecuador's largest oil refinery under control, Petroecuador says http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/03/fire-at-ecuadors-largest-oil-refinery-under-control-petroecuador-says/ New Trinidad gas projects could provide necessary feedstock for country's petchem and LNG sectors http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/new-trinidad-gas-projects-could-provide-necessary-feedstock-for-countrys-petchem-and-lng-sectors/ Mexican authorities shut down 22-m long tunnel used in illegal smuggling of fuel supplies http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/mexican-authorities-shut-down-22-m-long-tunnel-used-in-illegal-smuggling-of-fuel-supplies/ Transitional Industries and CFEnergia sign feedstock supply contract for $3.3-B Pacifico Mexinol project http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/transitional-industries-and-cfenergia-sign-feedstock-supply-contract-for-33-b-pacifico-mexinol-project/ Canadian airlines suspend Cuba flights as island set to run out of jet fuel http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/canadian-airlines-suspend-cuba-flights-as-island-set-to-run-out-of-jet-fuel/ Mexico seeking way to send fuel to Cuba without being hit by U.S. tariffs http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/mexico-seeking-way-to-send-fuel-to-cuba-without-being-hit-by-us-tariffs/ The sources said high-level Mexican officials have been talking to U.S. counterparts in order to gain clarity on the scope of the tariff threat outlined by President Donald Trump in an executive order and see whether there was a way to deliver the much-needed fuel. Trinidad and Tobago in talks with Indian Oil to revive refinery http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/02/trinidad-and-tobago-in-talks-with-indian-oil-to-revive-refinery/ The refinery, located in the south of the country, was closed in 2018 by a previous government that blamed massive losses and debt for its closure. Five energy market trends to track in 2026, the year of the glut http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/five-energy-market-trends-to-track-in-2026-the-year-of-the-glut/ This past year was a wild one for the oil and gas industry, punctuated by the 12-day Israel-Iran war in June, U.S. President Donald Trump's trade wars, the intensified targeting of energy infrastructure in Russia in its war against Ukraine, OPEC’s often perplexing production decisions and the recently threatened U.S. blockade of Venezuela. Cuba on edge as U.S. seizure of oil tanker puts supply at risk http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/cuba-on-edge-as-us-seizure-of-oil-tanker-puts-supply-at-risk/ A U.S. move this week to seize an oil tanker out of Venezuela is poised to make a bad situation worse for a crisis-stricken Cuba already struggling to source enough oil to power its ailing economy and electrical grid. Mexico's Pemex pumps less, refines more at home in October, data shows http://admin.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/11/mexicos-pemex-pumps-less-refines-more-at-home-in-october-data-shows/ Its seven local refineries refined 43% more year-on-year, reaching 1.04 MMbpd, helped in part by the Olmeca refinery in the port of Dos Bocas, which processed 191,657 bpd.