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Germany to increase Kazakh crude oil imports, won't circumvent Russia sanctions

Germany will sign two contracts to increase oil imports from Kazakhstan for Berlin's main Schwedt oil refinery.

Nigeria's NNPC raises petrol prices again as Dangote fuel hits market

Nigerian state oil firm NNPC Ltd. has increased the price of petrol by 11%, the second increase in two weeks and a day after it started purchasing the fuel from the giant Dangote oil refinery on the outskirts of Lagos.

Oil India aims to operate Numaligarh refinery at 180,000-bpd capacity by 2027

State-run explorer Oil India Ltd. hopes to operate its refinery in the northeastern state of Assam at an expanded capacity of 180,000 bpd in the fiscal year to March 2027.

China's refinery output falls for a fifth month as fuel demand disappoints

China's oil refinery output in August fell 6.2% from a year earlier, declining for the fifth month as disappointing fuel demand and weak export margins curbed production.

Russia's idle oil refining capacity in September seen up 34% vs August

Russia's offline primary oil refining capacity in September is set to jump 34% from August due to technical outages, Ukrainian drone attacks and seasonal maintenance. Offline capacity is seen at 3.87 MMt this month, or 14.5% of Russia's total oil refining capabilities. That is up from 2.95 MMt in August.

Louisiana (U.S.) oil refineries start recovering from Hurricane Francine

Six oil refineries in Louisiana in the path of Hurricane Francine began recovering on Thursday from the storm's passage overnight, companies and sources familiar with operations at the plants said. 

Moscow Oil Refinery resumes operations at drone-hit unit

Gazprom Neft-owned Moscow Oil Refinery on Tuesday resumed operations at crude distillation Unit-6 (CDU-6), which was suspended following a drone attack on Sept. 1.

Ineos to cease refinery operations at Grangemouth

Petroineos has announced its intention to cease refinery operations at Grangemouth and transition to a finished fuels import terminal and distribution hub during Q2 2025.

NewEnergyBlue acquires Inbicon biomass conversion technology and international patent portfolio

NewEnergyBlue, the clean-technology designer of biomass refineries that turn agricultural waste into highly decarbonized biofuels and biochemicals, has finalized its purchase of Inbicon biomass-conversion technology from Ørsted, a renewable energy company based in Denmark.

Pertamina NRE ready to build bioethanol plant, optimizing domestic resources

Pertamina New & Renewable Energy is demonstrating its commitment to developing the bioethanol business through two cooperation agreements, one with PT Sinergi Gula Nusantara (SGN) and the other with the provincial government of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).