Rigzone

JULY 8, 2025

The pressure on supplies has been driven by refinery closures on both sides of the Atlantic and a slew of recent outages, as well as the impact of production curbs by key OPEC+ producers. The cost of the fuel relative to crude — a key trading metric known as the crack — is well above seasonal norms in both regions.

Barrel

Oil & Gas 360º

JULY 15, 2025

(Investing) – LONDON -OPEC said the global economy may perform better than expected in the second half of the year despite trade conflicts and refineries’ crude intake would remain elevated to meet the uptick in summer travel, helping to support the demand outlook. Global refinery crude intake posted a sharp increase of 2.1

E&P

Rigzone

JUNE 27, 2025

Image by Chaloemphan via iStock Russia’s oil product exports dropped in June to the lowest in eight months amid extended work at refineries supplying Baltic ports, coupled with efforts to stabilize domestic fuel supplies before the upcoming seasonal surge in agricultural and holiday consumption.

Refinery

Permian Basin Oil and Gas Magazine

JUNE 27, 2025

This proven equipment runs smoothly, requiring predictable maintenance, until a fourth phase comes along: solids. It is therefore essential to regularly remove solids from separation and process equipment to optimize performance, minimize maintenance costs, and mitigate the risk of leaks and environmental damage.

Management

Oil & Gas 360º

JULY 15, 2025

The stronger imports in June were likely a result of more refineries returning to operation following spring maintenance.” . “The lack of any immediate action and the belief that these threats won’t be carried out help to explain the market reaction,” ING analysts said in a note. higher YoY.

Oil

BOE Report

JULY 22, 2025

East Coast slowed due to refinery maintenance and the Dangote refinery drove up Nigeria’s demand for inputs, the U.S. The United States became a net exporter of crude oil to Nigeria in February and March, as crude demand on the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a note on Tuesday.

Refinery

OilPrice

JUNE 3, 2025

BPs refinery in Rotterdam had both its crude units offline on Tuesday morning, Reuters reports, citing energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie. This follows the shutdown of the other 200,000 bpd crude unit in early May for planned maintenance. A crude unit with a capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) went offline early on Tuesday.

Refinery

Oil & Gas 360º

MARCH 6, 2025

(Investing) –HOUSTON – The price spread between WTI Midland crude in West Texas and Houston has narrowed this year as cold weather hurt Permian production, driving up prices, but weaker refinery and export demand on the U.S. refinery utilization stood at 85.6% Gulf Coast pressured that market lower. million, 4.2%

Refinery

OilPrice

JUNE 4, 2025

sanctions and refinery maintenance, Bloomberg has reported, citing data from Vortexa. Crude oil exports from Iran to its biggest buyer, China, shrank last month on tighter U.S. Per that data, Iran shipped a little over 1.1 million barrels of crude to China daily, which was 20% lower than export flows in May 2024.

Oil

Oil & Gas 360º

APRIL 25, 2025

(BOE Report) – Phillips 66 reported a bigger-than-expected loss in the first quarter on Friday, as lower refining margins amid a widespread maintenance and turnaround activity across the U.S. Its refinery utilization stood at 80% compared with 92% last year. refining sector weighed on its performance. a barrel a year earlier.

Refinery

Energy Outlook Advisors

MARCH 12, 2025

Gasoline inventories are currently at a comfortable level, but refinery maintenance might lead to low levels at the start of summer. March 12, 2025 EOA’s Main Takeaway Although changes in inventories followed historical trends, the bad weather in Texas has influenced exports and imports.

Oil

BOE Report

MARCH 27, 2025

Cenovus will begin planned maintenance work on multiple units at its 160,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Toledo, Ohio in mid April, a source familiar with plant operations said on Thursday. Roughly a third of the facility will be down for maintenance as early as the second week of April, the source said.

Refinery

Oil & Gas 360º

APRIL 22, 2025

Energy Market Assessment: Expectations and oil prices have bottomed with heading up to summer- oil and gas 360 However, the increase in crude oil inventory reflects the need to do oil-refinery maintenance and turnarounds. The consensus is set up to be caught short by refinery runs next increasing.

Crude Oil

BOE Report

MARCH 20, 2025

Asia’s sour crude demand is set to rebound from late in the second quarter as refiners return from maintenance and Exxon Mobil completes a Singapore refinery upgrade that is poised to increase its heavy oil use, traders and analysts said.

Maintenance

BOE Report

APRIL 25, 2025

Phillips 66 reported a bigger-than-expected loss in the first quarter on Friday, as lower refining margins amid a widespread maintenance and turnaround activity across the U.S. refineries typically undergo seasonal maintenance and turnaround activities in preparation for the summer driving season, when fuel demand significantly increases.

Maintenance

Aresco

MARCH 13, 2025

From predictive maintenance to real-time data analytics, AI solutions are revolutionizing how oil and gas companies operate, analyze vast amounts of data, and reduce risk across the board. AI-powered predictive maintenance analyzes vast amounts of operational data in real time to detect early warning signs of potential failures.

Gas

Egypt Oil & Gas

MARCH 27, 2025

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi witnessed the proceedings of the General Assembly meeting of the Egyptian Company for Operation and Maintenance of Projects (EPROM) to review its 2024 business performance. The post EPROMs 2024 Net Profits Reached EGP 1.096B first appeared on Egypt Oil & Gas.

Maintenance

Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

APRIL 19, 2025

The agreements were signed between Al-Yusra Industrial , the developer of Karbala Industrial City, and China's SEPCO [Shandong Electric Power Construction] , and cover the construction of four petrochemical plants, infrastructure development, and the operation and maintenance of production units.

Refinery

Orient Energy Review

MARCH 27, 2023

This development comes on the heels of another report that lingering strikes and protests in the French refining sector and seasonal maintenance at plants elsewhere in Europe cut into the OPEC producers sales. It is expected that Nigerias export capacity should now exceed what the market needs by end of 1Q, according to Katona.

Oil

Scambio Termico

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In the past three decades, more than 30,000+ units have been installed globally in various applications like crude oil refinery, oil and gas, petrochemicals, pulp and paper, mining and metal industries, to name a few. Total duty can be performed in single Compabloc shell whereas we will need four shell & tube shells in series.

Crude Oil

Coolfire Core

OCTOBER 15, 2019

IoT-enabled insights are proving useful for predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, and risk mitigation. Heres how the use of low-power sensors and edge computing is already boosting visibility and efficiency: Equipment management and predictive maintenance. At the same time, what defines cost-effective is always changing.

Gas

Yokogawa

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Energy security is provided by proper monitoring and maintenance of the network, overcapacity of the supply side, and interconnections with other countries. Having a factual energy transition without decarbonization and decentralization as a center of gravity for next-gen energy systems is implausible.

Energy

The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

1] This pair of bills seeks the development of stricter state standards (HB 896) and an analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits for certain oil and gas facilities including regulatory and/or incentive-based approaches to reduce emissions (HB 897). HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep.

Energy

The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

1] This pair of bills seeks the development of stricter state standards (HB 896) and an analysis of inspection and maintenance requirements for air quality permits for certain oil and gas facilities including regulatory and/or incentive-based approaches to reduce emissions (HB 897). HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep.

Energy

Oil & Gas 360º

MAY 27, 2025

Saudi Arabia has nine local refineries with a combined capacity of 3.33 Saudi Arabia has nine local refineries with a combined capacity of 3.33 The kingdoms domestic refineries processed 2.94 million bpd so far in May, according to data from ship tracking firm Kpler, likely reflecting refinery turnaround.

IT

Energy Outlook Advisors

MARCH 26, 2025

Given planned refinery maintenance and announced closures, we are concerned that low distillate inventories might raise diesel prices, even if oil prices do not rise. March 26, 2025 Subscribe now EOA’s Main Takeaway Changes in inventories followed historical trends. Subscribe now IN DETAIL Read more

Oil

Oil & Gas 360º

MAY 9, 2025

These estimates include maintenance of dividend payments. An oil companys field sale price is what the buyer will pay and is influenced by the nature of the oil and its location (transport distance from refinery). The Trump Administration decision to tighten sanctions, including secondary sanctions, on Iranian-exported oil.

Oil

Valor

MARCH 17, 2025

refinery shutdowns of 400,000 bpd are contributing to the surplus. bcfd, negative Waha Hub prices caused by pipeline maintenance, and mild weather forecasts through April. Summary : The IEA reports that global crude supply is exceeding demand by 600,000 bpd, pushing oil prices toward the $60-$80 per barrel range, with U.S.

Energy

Valor

MAY 19, 2025

due to seasonal maintenance. Gasoline inventories fell by 1 million barrels, 3% below the five-year average, and refinery utilization rose to 90.2%. bcm, crude oil increased 1.5% million tons, and coal climbed 3.8% to 389 million tons. Crude oil processing fell 1.4% gas prices rose 6.1 cents to $3.14 cents to $3.50. gas prices rose 6.1

Energy

Oil Review Middle East

MAY 13, 2025

Overall, Rystad Energy analysis signals upside in oil prices and refinery margins towards the summer. Refinery crude demand is on a growth curve between May and August, signalling a more bullish oil price environment. Preventing any oil price spikes in the summer will likely remain central to the presidents agenda.

Refinery

Aresco

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

The Future of Keystone XL The Keystone XL pipeline, a significant project under Trumps first term, was set to bring Canadian oil to American refineries, support job creation, and secure a stable supply of North American oil. refineries but also reduce transportation costs and work towards solidifying North American energy independence.

Exploration and Production