US refinery news

The company's Refining capital budget includes US$521 million of sustaining capital for reliability, safety and environmental projects.

The company has been selected by a global O&G major to be the primary engineering partner to support two of the major's integrated refining and chemicals manufacturing facilities in the US.

NuStar Energy LP has announced that it has closed on the sale of its terminals in Texas City, Texas, US, to BWC Terminals for US$106 million.

Royal Vopak and BlackRock's global energy and power infrastructure fund (GEPIF) has completed the acquisition of three industrial terminals from Dow on the US Gulf Coast.

The consulting firm's index will account for the typical crude run in US West Coast refineries, the cost of compliance with greenhouse gas-reduction regulations, and local refined product prices.

Shell may begin the permanent shutdown of its 211 146 bpd Convent, Louisiana, refinery early next week.

NextDecade Corp. has selected Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. to improve channel access to its Rio Grande LNG facility, Texas, US.

Hartree Refining Co. has completed the acquisition of the splitter and terminal business Channelview.

Permanent refining capacity closures expected for 2020 – 2021 have risen to about 1.7 million bpd, the IEA has said in its monthly report.

As of 30 October, US refinery runs were 14 million bpd, or about 13% lower than the average for this time of year, according to the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.