Economics
Idemitsu family, in fight with management, buys Showa Shell shares to block acquisition
The founding family of Japan's Idemitsu Kosan Co. bought a stake in Showa Shell Sekiyu KK, in a bid to block Idemitsu management's billion-dollar plan to take over the rival oil refiner.
Delta's refinery sacrifices profits for lower fuel cost
Delta Air Lines Inc. is flooding the New York market with jet fuel from its refinery, sacrificing refining profits in order to lower the carrier’s fuel costs.
Refiners and small fuel retailers disadvantaged by EPA biofuels program
US regulators should alter a much-debated biofuels program that disadvantages refiners and small fuel retailers.
Italian refiner Saras starts repaying Iranian oil debt
Italian oil refiner Saras has paid back part of the debt it owes Iran for cargoes of crude oil taken before sanctions were imposed on the country in 2012.
Egypt studies 8 state-owned oil companies for IPO or share
Egypt's Ministry of Investment will assess eight state-owned petroleum companies for their suitability for a possible listing on the Egyptian Stock Exchange.
Business Trends: The state of the global downstream construction sector
Capital-intensive investments are being made in every sector of the hydrocarbon processing industry, in every region.<br>
Oil falls as oversupply weighs
Oil prices fell, reversing earlier gains, as increases in OPEC production and US oil rig additions continued to weigh on the market.
Phillips 66 says refiners to cut production as margins shrink
Phillips 66 seconded rival Valero Energy Corp.’s statement that refiners are expected to process less crude in the second half of the year as margins shrink due to a gasoline glut.
Column: La Nina set to boost US winter heating oil demand
Refiners are hoping distillate will get a further boost from a pick-up in freight movements and a colder winter in 2016/17.
Wholesale California gasoline prices plunge, consumers still pay up
Wholesale gasoline in California became the cheapest in the country this week, but that change has largely gone unseen at the pump, where consumers still pay the highest prices in the continental United States to fill up their cars.
- European Commission unveils plan to drop ICE ban in the EU 12/18
- U.S. EPA expects to finalize biofuel rules in first quarter of 2026 12/18
- German cabinet approves draft biofuels law, food-based ingredient use to continue 12/18
- NextChem opens new plastic upcycling plant in Italy 12/18
- Ineos' Sir Jim Ratcliffe calls on Europe's politicians to take immediate action to protect the European chemical industry 12/18
- MB Energy expands aviation fuel supply to airlines at Copenhagen Airport 12/18
