In a significant development, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved a Jones Act waiver request to an individual company in response to Eastern Seaboard oil supply constraints, said Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. “This waiver will help provide for the… Read More ›
Gulf Coast
Exxon restarted Beaumont, Texas, small crude distillation unit and fludic catalytic cracker units
According to sources familiar with Exxon Mobil Corp’s operations, the oil giant has restarted it’s small crude distillation unit (CDU) and gasoline-producing fludic catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 369,024 barrel-per-day (bpd) Beaumont, Texas, refinery. The 110,000-bpd Crude A CDU and… Read More ›
Hurricane Harvey thrash U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, brings crude production comes to a grinding halt
In the long run analysts expect Harvey to have long term impact on U.S. crude’s value chain. With Hurricane Harvey leaving a trail of destruction, knocking out refineries and crude production facilities, along the U.S. Gulf Coast, oil markets around… Read More ›