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WEB2 days ago · Big oil companies defeat US consumer lawsuit over production, prices. Several oil companies including Exxon Mobil and Chevron defeated an appeal on Monday by consumers who accused them of ...
U.S. oil refiners again expand fuel capacity after big shrink
WEBHOUSTON, June 21 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil refining capacity has reversed two years of declines and climbed by more than 100,000 barrels, to 18.1 million barrels per day (bpd), according to a...
Oil Refiners in US Slow Down, Stoking Global Crude Glut Worries
WEBAug 11, 2024 · Some of the top US oil refiners are throttling back operations at their facilities this quarter, adding to concerns that a global glut of crude is forming.
Which U.S. refineries have shut since the global pandemic, and why?
WEBJun 17, 2022 · Since the onset of the global pandemic, the United States has lost nearly 1 million barrels per day of oil refining capacity, with more set to be shuttered in the next few years.
Heavy slate of U.S. oil refinery overhauls to crimp fuel output
WEBJan 18, 2023 · Nine U.S. refineries operated by Marathon Petroleum, Valero Energy, Exxon Mobil, Phillips 66, and BP will shutter some of their fuel producing units this spring, according to IIR and Reuters...
Texas Deadly Oil Blast Exposes Safety Lapses in US Refineries
WEBMay 15, 2024 · The explosion that rocked Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s Galveston Bay oil refinery one year ago trapped Rigoberto Guillen 75 feet in the air. Stranded on a metal platform, he and a colleague ...
U.S. Crude Oil Stocks Fall as Refineries Step Up Capacity Use
WEBJul 10, 2024 · U.S. crude oil inventories fell for a second straight week as refineries raised their capacity use to its highest level in more than year, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Energy...
Oil companies are profiting from the scarcity driven by refineries ...
WEBJun 18, 2022 · KURTZLEBEN: Biden fired off letters to seven oil companies, including ExxonMobil, asking them to produce more. But refiners say that's just not possible. NPR's Brittany Cronin explains.
Reinvent oil refineries for a net-zero future
WEBMay 8, 2024 · The authors propose developing refineries that can make chemicals and materials from biomass and recycled plastic, and synthetic fuels from carbon dioxide and hydrogen, instead of from crude...
4 injured after explosion and fire reported at an ExxonMobil refinery ...
WEBDec 23, 2021 · A “major industrial accident” injured at least four people early Thursday at one of the United States’ largest oil refineries, sheriff’s officials in the Houston area said.