US refinery news

Water is inseparable from energy production. It plays a critical role at every stage of extraction, processing, and refining. It is central to production, compliance and the fundamental right to operate. Effective water treatment at every stage from wellhead to compliant effluent is critical to efficient and reliable processes.

The US Energy Information Administration has released its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).

Matrix Service Co. has announced that America First Refining has awarded the company the front-end engineering and design of the storage tank farm for AFR’s large scale refining facility in Brownsville, Texas, US.

The US EIA explores how disruptions to global refining activities are affecting gasoline supplies.

As CCS projects scale across Europe and beyond, insulation plays a vital role in efficiency, durability, and process reliability. PAROC® and FOAMGLAS® insulation solutions provide solutions across the wide temperature ranges found in CCS operations, helping reduce energy losses, minimise corrosion under insulation (CUI), protect personnel, and support long-term plant performance.

CITGO is advancing its Lake Charles Refinery Depentanizer Project, a US$310 million investment that supports the long-term competitiveness of one of the nation's largest and most complex refineries.

The Middle East conflict continues to disrupt oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz, straining markets and pressuring inventories – and increasing the urgency of reopening the critical waterway, according to the IEA's latest Oil Market Report.

The AFPM has gathered the following perspectives from analysts and reporters to help explain why fuel prices today are not moving in lockstep with crude oil prices, and why refining capacity has become one of the most important factors shaping what consumers pay at the pump.

The American Petroleum Institute explore how the price of oil is actually determined in the latest release here.

Waterborne shipments of crude oil and petroleum products from the US Gulf Coast to the West Coast more than quadrupled year-on-year in April and May following a waiver that permitted a broader group of ships to travel between US ports, the US EIA has reported.