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Update: bp crew excavates Olympic Pipeline, yet to find cause of leak

bp said on Friday its Olympic Pipeline crew excavated more than 100 ft (0.03 km) of pipeline following a leak earlier this month near Everett, Washington (U.S.), but have not yet identified the source of the leak.

Lukoil's Finnish fuel chain Teboil files for corporate restructuring

The United States last month hit Lukoil with sanctions over Moscow's war in Ukraine, disrupting the company's international business.

India's Reliance stops importing Russian crude for refinery operations

The Indian conglomerate, which has a long-term deal to buy nearly 500,000 bpd of crude from Russian major Rosneft, had said it would abide by sanctions against Moscow while maintaining ties with current oil suppliers.

Update: Fire extinguished at Venezuelan oil upgrader, operations halted

Incidents and outages are frequent within PDVSA's aging infrastructure, including oilfields, refineries and upgraders that are key to turning the country's extra heavy oil output into exportable crude grades.

Lukoil trading arm shrinks fast under Western sanctions

The measures, which also target state-owned Rosneft, took effect on Friday as Washington seeks to choke off Moscow’s ability to fund its war in Ukraine. They have thrown Lukoil’s global operations into limbo, from oilfields in the Middle East to fuel pumps and refineries across Europe.

EIA: U.S. crude stocks fall on higher demand, fuel inventories rise

U.S. crude stocks fell as refining and export demand rose, while gasoline and distillate inventories rose last week.

Reliance buys 1 MMbbl of crude from Kuwait's KPC, trade sources say

Last week, KPC issued a tender to sell crude oil that the Al-Zour refinery is unable to process because of unplanned maintenance after a fire.

Rosneft’s Ryazan refinery suspended crude processing after drone strike

Ukraine has ramped up drone attacks deep inside Russia, aiming to knock out oil refineries, depots and pipelines. Ukrainian drones have struck at least 17 major refineries this year.

Global oil refining profits surge and may stay strong

The strength in margins contrasts with crude oil markets coming under pressure from an expected oversupply, and has defied expectations earlier this year that the rally could prove to be a short-term blip due to the impact of tariffs.

Enbridge approves $1.4-B project to boost Canadian oil flows to U.S. refiners

The project adds additional takeaway capacity for Canadian crude and broadens access to U.S. refineries, improving the flow of oil sands to major export outlets.