US refinery news

The US EIA reports that Hurricane Harvey caused substantial disruptions to crude oil and petroleum product supply chains.

A California regulator, South Coast Air Quality Management District, has approved funding for a project between ClearSign and Torrance Refinery.

API supports pro-growth tax reform and economic policies that will strengthen US energy security.

Facility assessments and restart activities continue at ExxonMobil’s Baytown refinery, with pipelines beginning to transport fuel. Its Beaumont refinery remains shut down.

Arkema has confirmed that a 1.5 mile evacuation zone around its chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, has been lifted.

The International Energy Agency is closely monitoring the impact of Hurricane Harvey on oil and gas markets.

Following the impact of Hurricane Harvey on US Gulf Coast refiners, the EPA has exercised its emergency fuel waiver authority for Gulf and East Coast states.

The US IEA claims that it is too soon to assess how long oil production and refining operations will be disrupted due to Hurricane Harvey.

This follows Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the US in June.

A new report from the Texas Oil & Gas Association suggests that the US’s potential to achieve energy dominance is concentrated in the Permian Basin.