US refinery news

The AFPM has submitted comments on the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) proposed supplemental rulemaking to the 2026 - 2027 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) proposal.

The pace of capacity additions for US biofuel production slowed in 2024, with production capacity increasing by a modest 3% from the start of 2024 to the start of 2025, according to the EIA’s latest biofuels production capacity reports.

The US is on track to export a record amount of fuel ethanol for the second year in a row in 2025, driven by growing international demand, the EIA has reported.

The API has urged congressional leadership to adopt a more balanced and up-to-date approach to E15 legislation, warning the current proposal no longer reflects today's fuel market realities.

Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan Inc. have announced the commencement of a binding open season for transportation service on the Western Gateway Pipeline, a newly proposed refined products pipeline system for key downstream markets.

FourPoint Resources has announced an agreement with Energy Transfer to expand the Price River Terminal in Wellington, Utah, US, doubling the terminal’s export capacity.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts in its October Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) that US crude oil production will average 13.5 million bpd in both 2025 and 2026, both slightly higher than the agency’s September forecast.

For the week ending 26 September 2025, US propane inventory was 103 million bbl, about 13 million bbl more than the previous five-year average for this time of year, the EIA has reported.

Crude oil prices were relatively stable in the 3Q25, ending the quarter just US$0.09/bbl less than they started, while refinery margins increased to their highest levels so far in 2025, the EIA has reported.

Dow and MEGlobal have finalised an agreement for Dow to supply an additional equivalent of 100 000 tpy of ethylene from its Gulf Coast operations, US.