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NewsPhillips 66, August 12, 2020U.S. refiner Phillips 66 plans to convert its San Francisco Refinery into a renewable fuels plant using cooking oil and food wastes.
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NewsReuters, August 12, 2020The Philippine unit of Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it will permanently shut one of the country’s two oil refineries, blaming a pandemic-led slump in margins, with other regional closures likely to follow, according to analysts.
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NewsReuters, August 11, 2020Canada’s Co-op refinery complex in Regina, Saskatchewan, said it has contained and extinguished a fire in ‘Section 1’ of the 135,000 barrel-per-day refinery on Monday morning, with all personnel safe.
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NewsU.S. Chemical Safety Board, August 7, 2020The Chairman of the U.S. CSB provided a statement about the recent explosion in Beirut, Lebanon and drew comparisons to the ammonium nitrate incident that occurred in 2013 in West, Texas.
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NewsReuters, August 7, 2020U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies made small steps to add export capacity this week, even as global energy demand destruction from the coronavirus pandemic has made it difficult for new projects to move forward.
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NewsReuters, August 6, 2020No injuries were reported from the fire, which broke out on Thursday. Sources familiar with plant operations said the 49,000-bpd 634 cat feed/heavy gas oil hydrotreater was shut by the blaze.
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NewsReuters, August 5, 2020U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell sharply last week as refining rates hit their highest since March, while gasoline and distillate inventories rose, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.
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NewsReuters, August 3, 2020Marathon Petroleum plans to permanently close two small U.S. oil refineries in Martinez, California, and Gallup, New Mexico, the company said, eliminating 800 jobs in response to lower fuels demand.
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NewsReuters, July 29, 2020U.S. oil refiners in coming days are expected to report the worst second-quarter results in a decade, with production outrunning demand while pandemic-related closings have sapped summer travel.
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NewsAir Liquide, July 29, 2020Air Liquide has agreed to acquire the world’s biggest oxygen production site, located in Secunda, South Africa, from Sasol for about 8.5 billion rand (US $515 million).
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NewsTotal, July 27, 2020Total has signed an agreement to sell the Lindsey refinery and its associated logistic assets, as well as all of the related rights and obligations, to the Prax Group.
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NewsReuters, July 27, 2020Bharat Petroleum Corp plans to restart a 200,000 barrels per day crude unit at its 310,000 bpd Kochi refinery in southern India by end of this month after a three-week maintenance shutdown, its head of refineries said.
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NewsU.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, July 24, 2020The CSB has released a new "Safety Spotlight" highlighting the actions of Airgas, Inc. following the deadly 2016 nitrous oxide explosion at their facility in Cantonment, Florida.
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NewsReuters, July 24, 2020U.S. refiners dialed back crude processing for a second week running, responding to lower consumption of all three major fuels.
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NewsReuters, July 22, 2020Royal Dutch Shell Plc stopped a leak on Tuesday in the shut gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 318,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) joint venture Deer Park, Texas, refinery, said sources familiar with plant operations.
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