Refining
Neste to participate in Carbon Handprint project development
Neste is cooperating with leading Finnish companies in the development of a new Carbon Handprint tool to create common indicators for assessing environmental measures and communicating them.
Phillips 66 cuts output at Linden refinery amid weak margins
Phillips 66 cut production by roughly 5% at its 238 Mbpd refinery in Linden, New Jersey, amid weak refining margins.
ExxonMobil to put Montana refinery on block
ExxonMobil Corp. is in the first stages of seeking a potential buyer for its Billings, Montana, refinery, one of the company's only US plants that is not integrated with its chemical operations
Column: Asian refinery wars - China, India gain market share
China's surging exports of refined fuels have cut profit margins for Asia's refiners, but the pain is unlikely to be shared equally across all the region's exporters of oil products.
China's parliament proposes new environmental tax benefits
China's parliament has proposed increasing tax benefits for companies that cut pollution by more than the national standard.
Rompetrol to perform scheduled maintenance work at Petromidia Refinery
Rompetrol has begun scheduled maintenance at its Petromidia refinery and conducting an investigation into the August 22 explosion.
Japan's JX, TonenGeneral merger deal imminent
Japan's JX Holdings and TonenGeneral Sekiyu are set to finalize details Wednesday, August 31 for a new merged company to be formed in April 2017.
Sulfur tank explosion and fire at Tesoro Carson refinery
A fire erupted at Tesoro’s Carson refinery after a 1-ton sulfur tank exploded.
Profit at China's Sinopec slumps 21.6% in first half
Sinopec said its net profit fell 21.6% in the first half of 2016, hurt by a steep decline in international oil prices.
Oil refiners face reprieve as maintenance tames fuel glut
Oil refiners reeling from tumbling profits can expect some reprieve in the coming weeks as lower production could tame a huge global excess of gasoline and diesel.
- Indonesia to remove import duties on some plastic products and LPG for petrochemical industry 4/28
- Europe's jet fuel imports from Middle East stop, raising supply crunch fears 4/28
- Nigeria's Dangote oil refinery running gasoline unit at 75% capacity 4/28
- Chevron likely to close deal for Singapore refinery stake sale to Eneos in May 4/28
- Geolander pioneers high-density nodal seismic in Angola with first STRYDE deployment 4/28
- Clariant launches new CATOFIN™ 1000 propane dehydrogenation catalyst 4/28
