Photo from Vertex Energy Inc. February 2024 investor presentation.
Vertex Energy Alabama refinery.
Operations

Vertex pivoting Mobile refinery hydrocracker back to conventional from renewable service

May 10, 2024
Vertex Energy will return the hydrocracker at its Alabama refining complex back to conventional service by yearend 2024.

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Mongstad refinery on the west coast of Norway near Bergen.
Photo from Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras).
Refinaria de Capuava (RECAP) in Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil.
Photo from Shanghai Hoto Engineering Inc.
Refining

Chinese investor starts operations at new refinery in Ghana

Jan. 31, 2024
Sentuo Oil Refinery Ltd. has commissioned the first phase of it two-phase grassroots refinery still under construction in the Heavy Industrial Area of Tema, Greater Accra Region...
Companies

Marathon Petroleum posts lower Q4 net income on reduced refining margins

Jan. 30, 2024
Marathon reported net income of $1.5 billion for fourth-quarter 2023, compared with net income of $3.3 billion for fourth-quarter 2022. The decrease in net income and adjusted...
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Eni SPA's Livorno crude oil refinery.
Energy Transition

Eni advances refinery-to-renewables transformation at Livorno refinery

Jan. 29, 2024
Eni SPA has approved a proposed project to convert its existing 84,000-b/d conventional crude oil refinery in Livorno, Tuscany, into the country’s third biorefinery.
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Parkland Corp.'s Burnaby refinery near North Vancouver, BC.
Operations

Parkland temporarily shuts down Burnaby refinery

Jan. 24, 2024
Parkland Corp. has temporarily shut down processing operations at the refinery on Burrard Inlet in North Burnaby, near North Vancouver, BC.
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ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge operations.
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ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge refinery wraps 3-year modernization program

Jan. 24, 2024
ExxonMobil has completed its multiyear modernization program to ensure competitiveness of ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants Co.’s integrated refining and petrochemical complex in ...