Industry News
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NewsNuStar Energy L.P., March 4, 2021NuStar Energy plans to increase capacity of its Albuquerque Pipeline to deliver approximately 6,000 bpd of additional refined products, including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel to the region.
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NewsU.S. Chemical Safety Board, March 4, 2021According to a 2010 study of incidents in the refining industry, 50 percent of process safety incidents occur during startups, shutdowns, and other events that infrequently occur.
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NewsThe Philadelphia Inquirer, March 3, 2021The bankrupt former operator of the Philadelphia refinery has blamed the supplier of an allegedly mislabeled elbow section of pipe for the 2019 blast that led to the permanent closure of PES.
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NewsReuters, March 2, 2021Global oil demand is recovering and could return to around pre-pandemic levels next year, the chief executive of Saudi Aramco told an oil and gas conference on Tuesday.
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NewsNeste Corporation, March 2, 2021Neste has completed its acquisition of Bunge Loders Croklaan's refinery plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
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NewsReuters, March 2, 2021South Korea’s top two refiners, SK Energy and GS Caltex, plan to shut one crude processing unit each in March to April for regular maintenance.
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NewsDelek US Holdings, Inc., March 1, 2021A fire broke out over the weekend at Delek's 80,000 bpd refinery in El Dorado, Arkansas, injuring six employees.
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NewsLummus Technology, March 1, 2021Lummus Technology announced the successful start-up of its CDAlky® C5 alkylation unit at Valero’s St. Charles Refinery in Norco, Louisiana. The capacity of the alkylation complex is 17,000 BPSD of Alkylate product.
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NewsReuters, February 26, 2021Indian Oil Corp will invest 329.46 billion rupees ($4.46 billion) to raise the capacity of its Panipat refinery by two-thirds to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) by September 2024.
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NewsReuters, February 25, 2021U.S. crude prices edged up to its highest close since 2019 as Texas refineries restarted production after last week’s freeze, while Brent eased on worries that four months of gains will prompt producers to boost output.
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NewsReuters, February 24, 2021Marathon Petroleum has begun restarting a crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 585,000 bpd Galveston Bay Refinery, as the refinery recovers from the effects of severe cold weather a week ago, said sources familiar with plant operations.
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NewsTPC Group, February 24, 2021TPC Group recently announced the successful startup of the second phase of its Port Neches terminal operations as part of a three-phased start-up process to serve current and future customers and supplier needs.
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NewsReuters, February 24, 2021Lyondell Basell Industries shut the large crude distillation unit (CDU) at its 263,776 barrel-per-day (bpd) Houston oil refinery on Tuesday to begin repairs to the cooling water system.
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NewsReuters, February 23, 2021Valero Energy Corp has boosted production on the restarted small crude distillation unit (CDU) and the coker at its 335,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, said sources familiar with plant operations.
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NewsU.S. Energy Information Administration, February 19, 2021According to recent EIA forecasts, U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports will exceed natural gas exports by pipeline in the first and fourth quarters of 2021 and on an annual basis in 2022.
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