Americas
China's crude oil imports ease from record, fuel exports fall
BEIJING (Reuters) -- China's crude oil imports eased in April from March's record high as refiners processed less oil during a heavy maintenance season, while exports of refined fuel fell by a quarter from a month earlier due to quota reductions.
EPA: Grandview petroleum distributor to upgrade 180 storage tank alarm systems
The US Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Christensen, Inc., a Grandview, Washington-based petroleum storage and distribution company over their failure to submit important emergency planning information for several years at five facilities in central Washington and one in Seattle.
Calif. Assemblyman Travis Allen files ballot initiative to repeal $52 B gas tax
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Travis Allen (R-Huntington Beach) filed an initiative to repeal the recently signed $52 B gas tax and move it to a vote of the California people in 2018.
Pemex seeks investors for its refineries, but who's buying?
NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- Sweeping energy reforms have turned Mexico into one of the world's most attractive offshore prospects, but one segment is getting no love from US investors: the nation's aging refineries.
ConocoPhillips to lay off 300 in Canada oil sands pullback
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) -- ConocoPhillips will lay off 300 Canadian workers after selling most local assets to domestic crude producer Cenovus Energy Inc, the Houston-based company said on Thursday.
Mexico oil theft clash leaves at least 10 dead, including four soldiers
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -- At least four soldiers and six suspected oil thieves died in a battle in the central Mexican state of Puebla, authorities said on Thursday, as the army launched a major operation against organized criminals who siphon fuel from pipelines.
Galvanic analyzer receives IECEx certification
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada, – Galvanic Applied Sciences Inc. has obtained IECEx certification for the Protech903 H2S and Total Sulfur analyzer.
EIA: Petroleum product exports from Central Atlantic US unusually high in February
Exports of finished petroleum products from the Petroleum Administration of Defense District (PADD) 1B, which comprises the US Central Atlantic states (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania), reached a record high for the month of February, as petroleum product prices in that region weakened compared with prices in the rest of the Atlantic Basin region.
Magellan evaluates new Texas oil pipeline
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Magellan Midstream Partners LP is evaluating a new pipeline to transport crude and condensate from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi in Texas, its top executive said during a company earnings call on Wednesday.
US agency: Weak safety standards led to Exxon refinery blast
HOUSTON (Reuters) -- The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has concluded that a 2015 explosion at a Torrance, California, refinery then owned by Exxon Mobil Corp could have been prevented, the agency concluded in a report issued on Wednesday.
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