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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 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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NewsChevron Corporation, July 21, 2020Chevron Corporation recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Noble Energy, Inc. to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Noble Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at $5 billion, or $10.38 per share.
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NewsReuters, July 20, 2020
U.S. refineries have sustained fewer mechanical outages as production has fallen because of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, according to data from energy intelligence service Industrial Info Resources.
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NewsReuters, July 17, 2020Reliance Industries, operator of the world’s biggest refining complex in western Gujarat, will shut one of its crude refining units at its export-focused plant in the fourth week of July for 3-4 weeks of maintenance.
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NewsReuters, July 17, 2020A group of the world’s top oil companies, including Saudi Aramco, China’s CNPC, and Exxon Mobil, have for the first time set goals to cut their greenhouse gas emissions as a proportion of output, as pressure on the sector’s climate stance...
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NewsReuters, July 16, 2020
Chevron Corp restarted the 112,229 barrel-per-day (bpd) Pasadena, Texas, refinery on Tuesday night after completing a multi-unit overhaul that was extended because of the COVID-19 pandemic, said sources familiar with plant operations.
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NewsReuters, July 16, 2020Delta Airlines is exploring “all options” for its Trainer refinery in Pennsylvania, but has no change in plans for operating the plant, Chief Financial Officer Paul Jacobson said on an earnings call Tuesday.
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