Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL), Mumbai, has let a contract to Porvair Filtration Group Ltd. to supply filter technology to be implemented at its 9.5 million-tonne/year (tpy) Kochi refinery at Ambalmugal, in the Indian state of Kerala, as part an ongoing integrated expansion project designed to boost the plant’s crude processing capacity to 15.5 million […]
Delek lets contract for emissions-cutting technology at Tyler refinery
Delek US Holdings Inc. has let a contract to ClearSign Combustion Corp., Seattle, to implement its Duplex combustion and emissions-control technology at the newly expanded 75,000-b/d refinery in Tyler, Tex. Source: News
Crude export ban bill sponsors expect movement soon in Senate, House
Sponsors of US Senate and House bills to repeal the 40-year-old ban on exports of US-produced crude oil expect their measures to move ahead soon. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), said the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee planned to mark up her bill, S. 1372, on Oct. 1. Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), meanwhile, said his […]
TAEP: Oil oversupply pushing down economic indicators in Texas
The latest Texas Petro Index reflects the ongoing contraction of the upstream oil and gas economy in Texas, falling 10.7 points to 235.4 in August compared with July. Source: News
Federal judge issues preliminary injunction of BLM’s fracing rule
A federal court judge in Wyoming issued a preliminary injunction that will keep the US Bureau of Land Management from enforcing its hydraulic fracturing rule until legal challenges against it are resolved. Source: News
PBF Energy inks deal for California refinery, logistics assets
PBF Holding Co. LLC, a subsidiary of PBF Energy Inc., Parsippany, NJ, has entered an agreement to buy ExxonMobil Corp.’s 155,000-b/d refinery in Torrance, Calif., which has been shuttered since early this year following an explosion and ensuing fire that struck the plant in February. Source: News
MARKET WATCH: NYMEX oil prices drop slightly on higher inventory
Light, sweet crude oil prices declined slightly to settle at just above $45/bbl lower on the New York market Sept. 30 after weekly inventory statistics showed a build in US oil and product inventories. Source: News
Three blocks awarded in Mexico’s Round One second tender
Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) awarded three of five shallow-water blocks in its Round One second tender, a more successful auction than the first in July that received just 2 bids on 14 blocks. All five blocks are part of the Southeast basin in the Gulf of Mexico. Source: News
Federal, state officials offering differing views of the ESA
The Endangered Species Act works best when state governments and local stakeholders are heavily involved, witnesses testifying before a US Senate Environment and Public Works subcommittee agreed. But they strongly differed on whether the 1973 law itself is still effective, or needs to be reformed. Source: News
BLM seeks comment on proposed oil production measurement rule update
The US Bureau of Land Management is seeking public comments on a proposed rule that would update and replace its regulations governing the measurement of oil produced from onshore federal and Indian leases. Source: News