Latest Oil refinery Stories
USW Represents Majority of Workers at Refinery PITTSBURGH, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers Union (USW) today called on Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie to include the USW on a committee being formed to examine the closure of Tesoro's Kapolei refinery and its impact on the state. The committee will also examine coordinating efforts to save the refinery and other issues related to Hawaii's economy. (Logo:...
ST. PAUL, Minn., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CHS Inc. (NASDAQ: CHSCP), an energy, grains and foods company and the nation's leading farmer-owned cooperative, announced today it will build a seven-mile connection in central Montana to link its Front Range Crude Oil pipeline with the Kinder Morgan Express Pipeline. Kinder Morgan-Canada and Front Range Pipeline, LLC, a wholly owned CHS subsidiary, will construct storage, pipeline, and other associated equipment needed to connect the...
DALLAS, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Alon USA Partners, LP (NYSE: ALDW) today announced that the partnership's Big Spring, Texas, refinery will undergo maintenance in February, primarily to make repairs to the facility's vacuum tower. While making these repairs, the partnership will also complete a reformer catalyst regeneration and a diesel hydro-treater catalyst replacement that were scheduled to be performed later in the year. Completing this work now will eliminate the...
HOUSTON, Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Bechtel announced today the company has purchased Chevron's Waste Water Treatment (WWT) Process, a technology that improves the efficiency of petroleum refineries. The WWT Process is a proprietary, two-stage sour water stripping process that separates ammonia and hydrogen sulfide streams from sour waters generated by a refinery's process units. The technology also allows debottlenecking of sulfur plants and can reduce the cost of new sulfur...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter today, Consumer Watchdog called on California State Attorney General Kamala Harris to launch a criminal investigation into the conduct of oil companies in the state based on new information that oil refiners were running refineries and building inventories even when they said that they were performing maintenance. The full letter follows below. "It appears that California's oil refineries falsified public...
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- When Air Products (NYSE: APD) dedicated its Gulf Coast Connection Pipeline (GCCP) project just weeks ago, company representatives talked about the benefits for new customers in need of reliable and flexible hydrogen supply to connect to the world's largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network. Those statements were demonstrated today as Air Products announced a new long-term hydrogen supply agreement with OCI Beaumont LLC in...
DALLAS, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alon USA Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ALJ) ("Alon") today announced results for the third quarter of 2012. Net income for the third quarter of 2012 was $43.2 million, or $0.76 per share, compared to net income of $28.6 million, or $0.51 per share, for the same period last year. Excluding special items, Alon recorded net income of $47.6 million, or $0.84 per share, for the third quarter of 2012, compared to net income of $39.0 million, or $0.70 per...
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The integrated relationship between Air Products' (NYSE: APD) new pipeline, and Operations and Customer Service Centers, and their importance to supply chain management was explained to guests assembled for a dedication event held today at Air Products' Pasadena, Texas facility. Air Products recently completed its Gulf Coast Connection Pipeline (GCCP) project, the world's largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network, and began...
LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Stretching from the Houston Ship Channel in Texas to New Orleans, Louisiana, Air Products (NYSE: APD), the leading global hydrogen provider, today held a dedication ceremony for what is the world's largest hydrogen plant and pipeline supply network. Air Products had operated two hydrogen pipeline systems in Texas and Louisiana before joining them with a new 180-mile segment. Air Products' Gulf Coast Connection Pipeline (GCCP) is now...
DES PLAINES, Ill. and FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UOP LLC, a Honeywell (NYSE: HON) company, and ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company (EMRE) announced today that Rafinerija Nafte Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina's sole oil refinery, has selected UOP and EMRE technology to improve the quality of refined lubricants and fuels. The licensing agreement is the first under a joint licensing alliance formed by Honeywell's UOP and EMRE last year. The new technology will...
