Diesel
U.S. EPA extends emergency fuel waiver for Midwest states due to refinery outage
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency extended the emergency waiver for the second time in response to fuel shortages in four Midwest states where the gasoline supply has been impacted by the outage of ExxonMobil's 251,800-bpd refinery in Joliet, Illinois.
Russian diesel output set to fall 7.5% m/m to 7 MM tonnes in August
Production of diesel in Russia could decline by around 7.5% in August from July to 7.1 metric MMt due to outages and maintenance work at refineries.
Asia 10-ppm gasoil refining margins near 18-month low on clouded outlook
Asia's 10-ppm sulfur gasoil refining margins have slumped to a near 18-month low amid mixed market outlooks as well as softer ICE gasoil futures and prompt paper swaps.
Meet gasoline quality and process safety requirements through new alkylation technologies
The catalytic alkylation process is very attractive to countries with high gasoline consumption and a sizable availability of LPG. This process can produce high-octane gasoline with low levels of contaminants, although there are high capital investment and operational costs associated with this technology.
Mexico's new Pemex refinery processes 65,000 bpd of crude in July but no gasoline
Mexican state oil firm Pemex's newest refinery processed some 65,046 bpd of crude oil in July, its first month of operations after multiple delays, and just over 30,000 bpd of diesel and coke.
Viking Energy becomes the world's first ammonia-powered platform supply vessel
Shipowner Eidesvik Offshore and partners will make “Viking Energy” the world’s first ammonia-powered platform supply vessel. In 2026, the vessel will operate on ammonia for Equinor, reducing GHG emissions by 70% or more.
PetroChina posts record interim profit, but fuel sales decline
China's largest oil and gas company PetroChina's first-half net income hit a new high, up 3.9% compared with a year ago, as higher oil and gas prices outweighed the impact of reduced refining profits.
Sinopec's H1 profit up on record output despite lower product demand
China's Sinopec posted a 2.6% rise in net profit for the first half of the year as record oil and gas output compensated for falling domestic demand for refined fuel and petrochemicals.
Russia uses vessels sanctioned by EU for fuel, diesel exports
Russia has started to use vessels sanctioned by the Europe Union (EU) for oil products exports.
Singapore's middle distillates stocks snap three-week uptrend
Singapore's middle distillates inventories fell 5% from last week, snapping three weeks of gains as a jump in net jet fuel/kerosene exports outweighed declines in diesel/gasoil net exports.
- Neste strengthens chemical recycling logistics infrastructure in Europe with Tepsa Netherlands 10/4
- U.S. distillate fuel oil demand will increase in the fall due to agricultural harvest 10/4
- Woodside Energy: Fatality at Beaumont Clean Ammonia project 10/4
- StraightFlo™ reciprocating compressor valve provider rebrands as Atlas Copco 10/4
- Exxon's deal with unions at Port Jerome refinery to allow job-cutting plan to move ahead 10/4
- ARA gasoline exports to West Africa hit multi-year lows in September 10/3
