Refining

API Ohio has made a statement regarding severance tax and the biennial budget.

Prosernat has signed a cooperation agreement with Arendal and announced the successful start up of an AGRU unit at a Qatargas LNG plant.

PIRA Energy Group looks at movements in the global oil market.

Highlights of Jack Gerard’s remarks at the Big Brothers Big Sisters National Conference.

Total, Germany, has agreed to sell its 16.67% interest in the Schwedt refinery to Rosneft.

ExxonMobil and Petroleos de Venezuela are selling the jointly-owned Chalmette oil refinery for US$322 million.

Highlights from the testimony of Elizabeth Tresder, API before the Pennsylvania Senate Joint Hearing on Safe Transportation of Crude oil by Rail in Pennsylvania.

The global diesel fuel additives market is estimated to be worth US$3717.7 million by 2019.

As part of the major turnaround, Porvoo refinery in Finland was shut down, cleaned and inspected, employing approximately 4500 people.

EY calls for governments to introduce new incentives and adjustments to tax regimes required in the current price environment to support the oil and gas industry.

Highlights from the American Petroleum Institute’s comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2014, 2015 and 2016 Renewable Fuels Standard proposal.

Tank Storage Germany has announced that it has had to move to a bigger venue.

Evolution Petroleum Corporation has announced that it has put a limited oil price protection program in place, from July until December 2015.

The combination of lower upstream earnings and higher downstream earnings contributed to higher profits in the downstream segment due to crack spreads.

A new report by ESAI Energy shares findings and concludes that a wave of new petroleum product supply has failed to move markets.