Refining

CITGO Petroleum Corporation has entered into a new partnership with the natural disaster response organisation.

SPATCO Petroleum Solutions has announced its acquisition of Mid South Pump, expanding its services across the South East US.

With the acquisition, PBF has increased its capacity to approximately 900 000 bpd, and becomes the fourth largest independent refiner in North America.

W. R. Grace & Co. has completed its purchase of BASF’s polyolefin catalysts business.

Three fossil fuels – petroleum, natural gas, and coal – have provided more than 80% of total US energy consumption for more than 100 years.

ProjectWise ConstructSim improves capital project construction execution through advanced work packaging.

BIOX and World Energy have closed the acquisition of the, previously announced, 90 million USG biodiesel facility in Houston, Texas.

Major California oil refiners are receiving subpoenas related to manipulating the gasoline supply to raise gasoline prices in the state, according to the Wall Street Journal.

ExxonMobil has announced the retirement of Alan Kelly and the expected appointment of Bryan Milton as President of ExxonMobil Fuels, Lubricants and Specialties Marketing company.

Magellan Midstream Partners’ 8 in. refined petroleum products pipeline, which runs from Coffeyville to Kansas City, will not return to full service for approximately three to four weeks.

Oil prices have rallied from US$27/bbl at the start of this year to above US$50/bbl this month, according to ING research.

Corrosion Inhibitors has released data on the US corrosion inhibitors market, with input from a new study from The Freedonia Group.

Linde's high purity hydrogen plant in Washington, has received a Responsible Care certification from the American Chemistry Council.

Energy Transfer Equity L.P. has announced that it has terminated its merger agreement with The Williams Co. Inc., effective 29 June 2016.

The Measurement, Control & Automation Association (MCAA) report focuses on the process instrumentation and automation (PI&A) markets in both the US and Canada.