US gasoline demand and production broke records for a February last month, the American Petroleum Institute said in its latest monthly statistical report.
Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Co. (Sasref) has completed a project to increase production of ultralow-sulfur diesel (ULSD) at its 305,000-b/d refinery at Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Aramco has hired Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. to develop a basic engineering package for four sulfur-recovery units, each with an expected production capacity of 1,200 tonnes/day.
Another strike threatens France’s refining industry as workers at the 137,000-b/d Flanders Refinery at Dunkirk rejected a plan Total SA presented to a labor committee not to resume refining operations and to convert the site to other uses able to employ 370 with no layoffs.
Fire at an asphalt tank under construction at Holly Corp.’s 100,000 b/d Navajo Refinery in Artesia, NM, killed at least one contract worker and left another worker missing and feared dead, Holly said.
Chile’s state-owned oil company Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (Enap) said its 97,650-b/d Aconcagua refinery will be online next week but that no date could be given for the restart of its 113,000-b/d Bio Bio facility.
Union workers called off a week-long strike at 6 of Total SA refineries and 7 of its 31 storage depots in France after company officials promised not to shut down or sell any more refineries for 5 years.
Total SA’s six refineries and 12 product depots in France have been hit by labor strikes supporting the Feb. 16 takeover by workers of the idle 137,000-b/d Dunkirk refinery.
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