http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/us-gulf-refiners-seek-middle-east-s-american-oil-to-offset-venezuela-mexico-losses/ The shake-up in trade flows reflects a shortage of medium and heavy crude grades at the key Gulf Coast refining hub, which has struggled in recent months to secure adequate supplies amid Mexican production and quality challenges, and Washington's pressure strategy on Venezuela's sanctioned energy industry. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/argentina-raises-biofuel-prices-for-domestic-market/ The Argentine government raised the prices of biofuels for mandatory local blending on Monday. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/hif-global-announces-new-design-for-e-fuels-project-in-paysandu-uruguay/ As part of an ongoing dialogue process with the community and the government of Uruguay, HIF Global has presented a revised version of its e-Fuels project in the Paysandú Department. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/brazils-petrobras-to-invest-48-b-in-integration-between-reduc-refinery-and-boaventura-complex/ Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras will invest 26 billion reais ($4.8 billion) in an integration between the Reduc refinery and the Boaventura energy complex in Rio de Janeiro state. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/braskem-completes-first-sale-of-circular-polyethylene-in-south-america/ Braskem has completed the sale of circular polyethylene (PE), produced through chemical recycling, to the Copobras Group. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/brazils-energy-minister-hints-at-possible-fuel-price-cuts/ Brazil's Mines and Energy Minister Alexandre Silveira suggested that gasoline and diesel prices could soon be lowered in the country, where state-run oil giant Petrobras controls most of the refining capacity. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/07/vitol-group-submits-bid-above-10-b-for-citgos-parent/ A group led by commodities trading house Vitol submitted a bid exceeding $10 B in the final hours of a court-organized auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/update-brazil-raises-biofuel-levels-sees-gasoline-self-sufficiency/ Brazil's National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) on Wednesday approved increasing the level of biofuels mixed into fossil fuels, a move towards gasoline self-sufficiency that was also celebrated by renewable energy lobbies after the government earlier hinted the blends would not be changed this year. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/update-venezuelas-second-largest-refinery-restarting-units-after-blackout/ Venezuela's state-run PDVSA was on Wednesday restarting several operational units at its 310,000-bpd Cardon refinery. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/06/wood-to-design-upgrades-at-ecopetrol-refinery-for-cleaner-fuels-production/ Wood has been awarded a contract by Colombia's majority state-owned oil company, Ecopetrol, to deliver the detailed engineering design for upgrades at its Barrancabermeja refinery in Colombia.