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Oil from U.S. reserves sent overseas as gasoline prices stay high

More than 5 MM barrels of oil that were part of a historic U.S. emergency reserves release to lower domestic fuel prices were exported to Europe and Asia last month.

China port group launches major pipeline in oil hub Shandong

China's Yantai Port Group started on Monday pumping oil into a newly expanded crude oil pipeline that connects the port of Yantai to a group of independent refineries in the country's refining hub Shandong.

India to drop windfall tax if oil prices fall $40 a barrel

India will only withdraw its windfall tax introduced last week for oil producers and refiners if global prices of crude fall as much as $40 a barrel from present levels.

Production at Venezuela's largest refinery hit by blackout

Production at Venezuela's largest refinery, which can process about 645,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd), was halted late on Saturday by an electrical fault that caused a blackout.

Oriente crude exports suspended, Napo flowing amid force majeure

Exports of Ecuador's flagship Oriente crude remain suspended under a force majeure declaration as the spread of anti-government protests hurts oil output.

Strike underway at Exxon refinery in France

Workers at Exxon's Esso refinery in Fos-sur-Mer in southern France have gone on strike demanding higher wages.

German oil refiner to halt diesel deliveries after lightning strike

German oil refiner Bayernoil GmbH plans to halt deliveries of diesel and heating oil to customers for several days from Thursday after a lightning strike.

Neste invests in its world scale renewable products refinery in Rotterdam

Neste has made the final investment decision to invest into new renewable products production capacity in Rotterdam. The decision is based on demand for renewable products growing substantially with customers' higher climate ambitions.

Howden supplies hydrogen compression solution to refinery expansion mega project

Howden, has signed a contract to supply hydrogen reciprocating compressors for MSB Unit for the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP) in India.

TotalEnergies says it's prepared for strike at French refineries

TotalEnergies has taken logistics measures to make sure its network of petrol stations and its clients will be sufficiently supplied throughout the weekend despite a strike hitting its French oil refineries on Friday.