Refining
Lukoil’s Norsi oil refinery has not changed overall oil supplies
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia’s Norsi, oil major Lukoil’s largest oil refinery that suffered a fire last week, has not changed the overall plan of oil supplies to its plant this month, Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said on Monday.
CNOOC completes test runs at Huizhou refinery in Guangdong
(Reuters) — China National Offshore Oil Co (CNOOC) completed trial runs at its 200,000-bpd Huizhou refinery in the southern Guangdong province on Oct. 2, China Securities Journal reported on Monday.
Saudi Aramco eyes JV deal in India by next year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — State-run oil giant Saudi Aramco is in talks with several Indian refiners and hopes to land a joint venture deal by next year, the company's chief executive told Reuters on Sunday.
US oil ports, refiners and producers plan reopenings after Nate
HOUSTON/MOBILE, Ala. (Reuters) — Some oil ports, producers and refiners in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama that shut facilities ahead of Hurricane Nate were planning reopenings as the storm moved inland on Sunday, away from most energy infrastructure on the US Gulf Coast.
Indian PM Modi targets more energy reforms after meeting oil chiefs
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — India's prime minister sees scope for further reform of the country's energy sector and has received "focused suggestions" from some of the world's leading energy companies, the office of the premier said on Monday.
Oil supplies to Lukoil's Norsi refinery resume after fire
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Crude oil deliveries to Lukoil’s Norsi refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region have been resumed after a fire at the facility, Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft said on Thursday.
Oil shipments from Georgia's Batumi port down by 37% this year
TBILISI (Reuters) — Oil and related shipments from Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi are down by 36.6 percent in the first nine months of 2017, a senior official at the terminal, operated by Kazakh state firm KazMunaiGas, said on Friday.
Vitol CEO sees oil industry shrinking
LONDON (Reuters) — The world’s largest oil trader Vitol expects the oil industry to shrink given the quickening pace of the global shift to electric cars and away from fossil fuels, its chief executive said on Thursday.
Shell, Varo end talks on Germany refinery stake sale
LONDON (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell and Varo Energy said they have ended talks on Varo’s potential purchase of Shell’s 37.5% stake in the 220,000 bpd PCK refinery in Schwedt, Germany.
PBF, Shell prep Louisiana refineries to keep running in storm
HOUSTON (Reuters) — PBF Energy and Royal Dutch Shell Plc were preparing their Louisiana refineries to keep running during Tropical Storm Nate, which is forecast to make landfall in the state on Sunday, sources familiar with plant operations said on Thursday.
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