http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/eia-us-crude-and-fuel-inventories-climb-refining-activity-picks-up/ Crude inventories rose by 574,000 bbl to 427.5 MMbbl in the week ended November 28, the EIA said, compared with analysts' expectations in a poll for an 821,000-bbl draw. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/kazakhstan-reroutes-oil-exports-after-drone-attack-cuts-cpc-pipeline-capacity/ The CPC pipeline, which carries over 80% of Kazakhstan's oil exports and handles more than 1% of global supply, briefly halted operations on Saturday after a mooring at its Black Sea terminal near Russia's Novorossiisk port was damaged. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/valero-plans-cdu-upgrades-at-port-arthur-texas-us-refinery-in-february/ Among the improvements will be upgrades to processing of bottoms - heavy, gunky residual crude oil that is usually sent to the coker or used in asphalt. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/alberta-oil-regulator-stopped-enforcing-gas-flaring-limits-after-government-pressure/ Alberta's dismantling of its 20-yr-old flaring limit after companies blew through the limit two years in a row, with no objections from the federal government, is an example of the challenges Canada faces in reconciling its environmental commitments with a renewed focus on economic growth. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/amber-energy-plans-to-hold-on-to-citgo-refineries-after-takeover/ A Delaware court last week approved Amber's $5.9-B bid for Citgo's parent PDV Holding and ordered the sale of PDV's shares, wrapping up an auction aimed at compensating creditors for debt defaults and expropriations in Venezuela. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/zda-issues-investor-license-for-state-of-the-art-oil-refinery-in-zambia/ The refinery will be developed under a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) arrangement between the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and Xiang Xin Holding Co. Ltd., and will be located within the Sub Sahara Gemstone Exchange Industrial Park in Ndola. This strategic investment is set to boost Zambia’s industrialization agenda. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/12/update-bp-olympic-pipeline-begins-restart-process-after-completing-repairs/ The Olympic Pipeline moves refined petroleum products including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from northern Washington to Oregon and consists of one 16-in. diameter pipeline and one 20-in. pipeline. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/11/mexicos-pemex-pumps-less-refines-more-at-home-in-october-data-shows/ Its seven local refineries refined 43% more year-on-year, reaching 1.04 MMbpd, helped in part by the Olmeca refinery in the port of Dos Bocas, which processed 191,657 bpd. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/11/insight-how-sanctions-made-a-showpiece-chinese-refinerys-western-partners-run-for-the-exits/ Yulong's ambition to rub shoulders with global heavyweights, backed by Beijing's push to modernize its refiners, was upended on October 15, when the UK sanctioned it for dealing in Russian oil. http://hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/11/update-bps-olympic-pipeline-shutdown-hits-airlines-fuel-supply/ The leak was first reported on November 11. bp restored one of the two pipelines east of Everett that had been shut to determine the source of some product discharge. The restored line was shut down again shortly afterward, halting refined product deliveries on the system.