US refinery news

The US's only offshore terminal, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), stopped loading tanker ships on Sunday, while the port of New Orleans closed on Monday.

The engineering services will optimise the refinery’s existing process units’ performance and will address operability and maintenance issues.

The production units at the Port Arthur refinery were shut as a result of Hurricane Laura.

Rodan Energy Solutions has announced the appointment of Aaron Breidenbaugh as Director, US Markets and Regulatory Affairs.

Upon completion the reconfigured San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, US, would produce 680 million gallons annually of renewable diesel, renewable gasoline, and sustainable jet fuel.

30 BrandSafway refinery and petrochemical plant site teams have received Contractor Safety Achievement Awards from the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers association.

ExxonMobil is to purchase 2.5 million bbl of renewable diesel per year for five years from Global Clean Energy Holdings.

The 85 000 bpd naphtha hydrotreater at BP's refinery in Whiting, Indiana, US, took three years to build.

US gasoline and diesel crack spreads diverged sharply in March and April as a result of the mitigation efforts aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19, but they have moved closer since May.

Pandemic-related travel curbs and a fire have shut several plants, reversing years of small gains.