Texas Commission on Environmetnal Quality hears complaints about Marathon Petroleum's El Paso oil refinery at meeting for air-permit renewal.

Marathon said in a late Wednesday TCEQ regulatory filing that the fire broke out when residual hydrocarbons ignited as the company's crews were draining a vessel. The filing listed the refinery's "alkylation unit number 2 operating area" as the process unit.

The government will work to "maximise" the number of jobs saved when Lindsey Oil Refinery is taken over by a neighbouring business, the energy secretary has said. Phillips 66 agreed to buy the site on Monday, seven months on from the collapse of previous owner Prax Group, but said it would not restart refining operations.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved an amended workplan from Port Hamilton Refining and Transportation LLLP, clearing the way for the continued removal of hazardous materials at the St. Croix refinery under a binding legal agreement reached in 2024.

Valero will idle its Benicia refinery beginning in 2026 while continuing to supply Northern California with gasoline through imports and existing inventories, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office.

Peru is looking for private managers or investors to improve the operations of a new state-owned oil refinery that is currently only accumulating losses.

B.C. Premier David Eby suggests that instead of Alberta's new oil pipeline proposal, a new refinery should be built.

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