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Thai energy company PTT has joined with Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, to submit a proposal to the...

Catalytic Processes Could Yield Alternatives to Refineries, Ethane Crackers

A California-based company claims that it has found a commercially viable technique to directly convert natural gas into liquid fuels...

U.S. Refinery Margins Down 6.7 Pct Last Week -Credit Suisse

U.S. regional refining margins fell 6.66 percent on average in the week ended Sept. 12, declining in three out of the...

Shell, Motiva to Pay Back Wages to U.S. Workers -Labor Dept.

Royal Dutch Shell Plc's U.S. subsidiary Shell Oil Co and the company's Motiva Enterprises joint-venture with Saudi Aramco have agreed...

Downstream

China’s Refining Capacity to Reach 15.8 Mln Bpd by 2020-Report

China, the world's top energy consumer, plans to have a total refining capacity of 790 million tonnes a year, or...

Venezuela’s PDVSA Says Ends ‘Major’ Maintenance on Puerto La Cruz Refinery

Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA said on Wednesday it completed a "major" 42-day maintenance on a distillation unit at its...

Hess, PDVSA Receive Offer for U.S. Virgin Island’s Hovensa Refinery-Sources

Hess Corp and Venezuela's state-run PDVSA have found an interested buyer for their 350,000 barrel per day (bpd) Hovensa refinery...

PBF Set to Begin Full-scale Toledo Refinery Turnaround Oct. 10-Source

PBF Energy plans to begin an over month-long, refinery-wide maintenance shutdown of its 160,000 barrel-a-day facility in Toledo, Ohio, on...

Africa

Libya’s Zawiya Refinery, El Sharara Oil Field Shut â€“ Official

Libya's 120,000 barrels a day Zawiya refinery has been shut down after storage was damaged in fighting between armed groups,...

Foster Wheeler Joins Gulf Coast Gas-to-gasoline Project