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Valero Energy Partners LP acquires Meraux and Three Rivers Terminal Services for $325 M

Valero Energy Partners’ board of directors of its general partner has approved the acquisition of the Meraux and Three Rivers Terminal Services Business from a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corp. for total consideration of approximately $325 M.

China targets teapot oil refineries in tax crackdown

China's crackdown on alleged tax evasion in the oil industry will target independent refineries and follows complaints by state energy giants.

Column: China's fuel exports less worrisome than crude costs for refiners

China's booming fuel exports have contributed to a structural lowering of margins for the region's refiners, but fluctuations are still mostly linked to crude prices.

BP Whiting refinery returns to normal operations

BP's Whiting, Indiana refinery returned to normal production by Monday morning for the first time since late July.

Four people injured in Romanian Black Sea refinery fire

Four people were injured when a nitrogen tank exploded at Romania's Black Sea Petromidia crude refinery.

ExxonMobil defends handling of Torrance refinery outage

ExxonMobil is defending its handling of an outage at its Los Angeles refinery following a blast in February 2015 after a prominent trading company told a state commission that the process had lacked transparency.

Sundyne debuts fit-for-purpose centrifugal gas compressors for power generation

Sundyne announced a new series of fit-for-purpose centrifugal gas compressors, which are ideal for applications associated with the power generation market.

Daily Thermetrics to use Orbital Gas Systems’ gas sampling technology

CUI Global Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Gas Systems (Orbital) signed a technology and patent license agreement with Daily Thermetrics, a global design and manufacturing company providing the process industries with precise temperature measurement instrumentation.

General Atomics’ electrostatic separators selected for S-Oil’s Onsan refinery

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems received an order for a 16-module electrostatic separator system for installation at the new residue upgrading complex project at S-Oil Corporation’s Onsan refinery in the Republic of Korea.

Exxon's Baton Rouge refinery delays shutdown

ExxonMobil Corp. put off plans to shut its Baton Rouge, Louisiana refinery after it managed to start a LPG processing unit in the adjoining chemical plant.