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Taiwan's CPC Corp seeks November-delivery gasoil in rare move

The state-owned refiner issued a tender to buy one 300,000-bbl cargo of 10 ppm sulfur gasoil for November 1–12 delivery.

Colonial Pipeline restarts largest U.S. fuel conduit after brief system-wide outage

Colonial Pipeline moves over 2.5 MMbpd of fuel across its 5,500-mi network stretching from the U.S. Gulf Coast to major consumption centers across the U.S. East Coast.

Phillips 66 to book $100-MM charge as it winds down Los Angeles (U.S.) refinery

These include around $70 MM to mitigate groundwater contamination, and about $30 MM for its midstream segment to retire transportation assets.

Opinion: Europe can flatter Trump and sting Putin by ditching niche Russian fuels

The EU has come under pressure from the United States to accelerate the bloc’s plan to wean itself off Russian fossil fuels by the end of 2027.

First-ever passenger bus at Zurich Airport fueled with Synhelion’s solar diesel

Just in time for the start of the fall vacation – one of the busiest travel periods at Zurich Airport – the passenger bus powered by solar diesel will be operating in regular service. The bus was fueled with a 190-liter barrel of a solar diesel blend, which is sufficient for around twelve days of operation.

U.S. Gulf Coast fuel oil imports hit 2.5-yr high amid Venezuelan, Russian sanctions

U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are ramping up fuel oil imports to fill a widening gap left by declining heavy crude supplies, particularly from U.S.-sanctioned Venezuela.

Senegal plans to start construction of new refinery next year

SAR, West Africa's oldest refinery, processes 1.5 MMtpy of crude oil (or around 30,000 bpd), but faces a domestic shortfall.

India's diesel exports to Europe potentially surged to record in September

September volumes from Asia's key swing supplier bound for Europe were at 1.3 MM metric t–1.4 MM metric t (9.7 MMbbl–10.4 MMbbl).

Taiwan says it will cooperate with further restrictions on Russian energy imports

While Taiwan joined the United States and major Western allies in putting broad sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine in 2022, it did not explicitly ban imports of energy, a major hard currency earner for Russia.

IRPC Rewind: ExxonMobil unveils liquid-phase isomerization advances for paraxylene production

At the IRPC in Houston, Texas, ExxonMobil presented breakthrough results in its liquid-phase isomerization (LPI) process, highlighting energy efficiency, improved yields and strong commercial performance.