Refining

Chinese refiners buy oil from storage, raise output with fresh import quota

Stocks have built up in recent months after the refiners, known as teapots and mostly based in eastern Shandong province, ran out of import quota in October.

AFPM: Revised fuel economy standards would put CAFE back on solid legal footing

ITT introduced a secondary containment system for its ICM metallic magnetic drive process pump

EIA: U.S. 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.

UAE's Brooge Petroleum to perform pre-project planning for Fujairah gasoline plant

The proposed refinery would be the first in the region to upgrade naphtha into Euro 5-grade gasoline, with the first phase projected to produce an initial 15,000 bpd.

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.

Valero plans CDU upgrades at Port Arthur, Texas (U.S.) 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.

Broco Energy secures New England's (U.S.) first renewable diesel contract with Massport

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.

Nigeria's Dangote Refinery says it can deliver 1.5 B liters of petrol in December

The argument that refineries in Nigeria are unable to meet national demand was part of the reason the government last month dropped plans to ban imports of refined petroleum products.