HOUSTON, TEXAS (Philipp Markopulos, Energy Analytics Institute, 7.Mar.2025) — bp operates 2 refineries in the US: Whiting, Indiana, and Cherry Point, Washington with a combined capacity to process about 700,000 […]
Tag: refineries
Petrobras Boasts New Refinery Production Records
BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 17.Jan.2025) — Rio de Janeiro-based Petrobras said its gasoline and S-10 (low sulfur) diesel production in 2024 surpassed historical records from previous […]
Petrobras Ends Petrobras Biocombustível (PBio) Divestment Project
(Energy Analytics Institute, 6.Nov.2024) — Petrobras‘ Executive Board approved the end of the divestment project of its wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Biocombustível S.A. (PBio), which will be retained within the company’s […]
Fact sheet: Citgo Petroleum’s US refineries, terminals, and pipelines
HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 18.Oct.2024, Words: 185) — Citgo Petroleum Corp. has 3 strategically located, deep conversion refineries in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois. Combined, these 3 […]
Petrobras Sets New Refinery Production Records
(Petrobras, 7.Oct.2024) — Petrobras reports that the Total Utilization Factor (FUT) of its refineries reached 96.8% in Sep. 2024, representing the highest monthly result in 2024. As a result, the […]
Pemex Posts Drop in Oil Output as AMLO Exits
(Reuters, 27.Sep.2024) — Crude output by Pemex fell in August as Mexico’s national oil company failed to reduce fuel imports in line with company targets, while overall falling well short […]
Petrobras Extends Deadlines for Sale of Refining, Logistics Assets
(Petrobras, 15.Jul.2022) — Petrobras, following up on the release disclosed on 27 June 2022, has extended the deadlines for participation in the sale processes of Refinaria Abreu e Lima (RNEST), […]
Petrobras Comments On Fuel Orders Fulfillment
(Petrobras, 18.Oct.2021) — Petrobras clarifies about pieces of news in the media regarding cuts in fuel orders fulfillment. As disclosed in the 2Q21 Production and Sales Report, the company operated […]
Five Illegal Refineries Destroyed in Norte de Santander
(General Command of the Colombian Military Forces, 13.Jan.2021) — Through a joint, coordinated and interagency operation conducted by the Colombian Air Force, the National Army, the National Police and the CTI (Technical Investigations Corps) of […]
PDVSA Weighs Plan To Pay For Refinery Work With Fuel
(Reuters, 25.Jun.2020) — Officials from Venezuelan state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela have spoken with private contractors about paying for work fixing the country’s refineries with fuel and byproducts, a […]
Petrobras Starts Refinery Binding Phase
(Petrobras, 31.Jan.2020) — Petrobras, following up on the press release disclosed on 10/24/2019, informs the beginning of the binding phase related to the sale of downstream assets, which includes: Isaac […]
Brazil, China, UAE Firms Eying Petrobras Refineries
(Reuters, Tatiana Bautzer and Carolina Mandl, 28.Nov.2019) — Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA has selected four groups for the second round of bidding for four refineries up for […]
Third Circuit Rejects Citgo Rehearing
(Argus, Elliott Blackburn, 21.Nov.2019) — Federal appeals court judges have denied Venezuela’s request to rehear a July decision upholding the pursuit of the country’s US refining subsidiary Citgo to satisfy […]
Petrobras Starts Non-binding Phase For Refineries
(Petrobras, 24.Oct.2019) — Petrobras, following up on the press release issued on September 13, 2019, reports the beginning of the non-binding phase related to the sale of downstream assets, which […]
Petrobras Says 20+ Groups Interested In Refineries
(Reuters, 13.Aug.2019) — More than 20 potential bidders are interested in the refineries that Brazil’s state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA plans to sell, the company’s chief executive officer said […]
Esmeraldas Refinery Stoppage Delayed Until March 2019
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 22.Aug.2018) – A scheduled 54-day stoppage at the Esmeraldas Refinery for the maintenance of the Non-Catalytic 1 and Catalytic 1 units will be postponed until […]
Venezuelan Oil Assets to be Seized by Creditors
(Express, Simon Osborne, 16.Aug.2018) – Venezuela’s oil assets are being targeted by angry creditors after a US court granted a Canadian mining company permission to send in the bailiffs. Firms […]
Ecopetrol Reports Higher Sales, EBITDA in 2Q:18
(Ecopetrol, 14.Aug.2018) – Ecopetrol S.A. announced the Business Group’s financial results for the second quarter and the first half of 2018, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards applicable […]
Mexico’s Fuel Plan Won’t Immediately Impact Texas
(Texas Tribune, Juan Luis García Hernández, 14.Aug.2018) – After a dramatic spike in gasoline prices incited widespread protests in Mexico last year, then-presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a […]
AMLO Pledges More Than $11 Bln for Refineries
(Reuters, 13.Aug.2018) – Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday his administration will invest more than $11 billion to boost refining capacity in order to curb growing fuel […]
Venezuela’s Citgo Refineries At Risk Of Seizure
(Forbes, Robert Rapie, 12.Aug.2018) – In 2007, following Venezuela’s expropriation of billions of dollars of assets from U.S. companies like ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, I suggested a potential remedy. Since Venezuela’s […]
Is Venezuelan Oil Output Falling Faster Than Expected?
(OilPrice.com, Nick Cunningham, 12.Aug.2018) – The bad news from Venezuela continues. In July, Venezuela’s oil production came in lower than PDVSA had targeted, according to Argus Media. While PDVSA had […]
Crystallex Cuts Others In Line for Citgo Assets
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 11.Aug.2018) – Crystallex seems to have cut in line while there are many others already in line for CITGO assets and value. What follows are […]
Pemex Has or Doesn’t Have Money?
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 1.Aug.2018) – If Mexico’s Pemex doesn’t have the necessary funds to invest in deep water or shale activities, how is it the state oil company […]
Mexico Oil Output to Trend Upwards in 2027
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 31.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s oil production will cease to decline in 2025. That’s according to details of a report published by S&P Global Platts Energy Analyst […]
PetroTrin Refinery Importing Shortfall
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 31.Jul.2018) – That’s according to reports in a local newspaper. “The refinery at PetroTrin has a capacity of 140,000 barrels of oil per day (bopd); […]
Wheatley Falls: Latest Casualty of Energy Scandal
(Jamaica Gleaner, Edmond Campbell, 31.Jul.2018) – The ongoing scandal that began at the state-owned oil refinery Petrojam has claimed its latest casualty with the resignation yesterday of Andrew Wheatley as […]
Mexico’s Next President Promises Pemex Investment
(Bloomberg, Amy Stillman, 30.Jul.2018) – Mexico’s incoming president named a new chief executive officer for Pemex and promised government investment of 75 billion pesos ($4 billion) in the oil sector, […]
Hold It Right There, Petrotrin!
(The Sterling Report, Yanique Leiba-Ebanks, 29.Jul.2018) – Petroleum Company of Trinidad and Tobago Ltd (affectionately known as Petrotrin) is the state-owned oil company in Trinidad and Tobago. Its crude oilfields […]
U.S. Revokes Visa of Citgo CEO
(Bloomberg, Lucia Kassai and Fabiola Zerpa, 18.Jul.2018) – Being a blood relative of Hugo Chavez used to open doors. Now Asdrubal Chavez, cousin of the late Venezuelan socialist leader, is […]
Machado Says Venezuela “Show Can’t Go On”
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 13.Jul.2018) – Opposition leader María Corina Machado said the “show can’t go on” during a video broadcast from Punto Fijo. The leader’s video in reaction […]
CNH Says Mexico Must Reduce Oil Dependence
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 13.Jul.2018) – Mexico must reduce its dependence on the United States in regards energy issues. The country can achieve this goal by increasing its refining […]
Mexican Refineries a Must for “Energy Security”
(Energy Analytics Institute, Jared Yamin, 10.Jul.2018) – Given Mexico’s dependence on imported fuel, construction of two new refineries in the country “isn’t a business issue, it’s for energy security,” said […]
Petrobras, CNPC to Finish Rio Refinery
(Efe, 4.Jul.2018) – Brazilian state oil company Petrobras and China’s state-owned China National Petroleum Corporation signed a letter of intent to conclude construction of a refinery in Rio de Janeiro, […]
Venezuela’s Declining Crude Exports Squeeze India’s Refiners
(Reuters, Marianna Parraga, 3.Jul.2018) – Venezuela’s crude shipments to India, its third largest export market, fell 21 percent in the first half of the year, according to internal documents from […]
US$1.4B Deal to Restart St Croix Refinery
(Stabroek News, 3.Jun.2018) – U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Kenneth E. Mapp announced yesterday an agreement which would reopen one of the world’s largest refineries, create hundreds of jobs in the […]
Citgo Appoints Aruba Refinery Executives
(Reuters, 28.Jun.2018) – Citgo Petroleum, the U.S. refining arm of Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA, said it appointed two senior executives to new positions as it works to refurbish an […]
PDVSA’s Amuay Halts Cat Cracker
(Reuters, 27.Jun.2018) – Venezuela’s 645,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Amuay refinery has halted its catalytic cracking unit and its distillation unit No. 5, a refinery worker and a union leader said on […]
EIA Publishes Updated Venezuela Country Report
(EIA, 21.Jun.2018) – Venezuela holds the largest oil reserves in the world, in large part because of the heavy oil reserves in the Orinoco Oil Basin. In addition to oil […]
Pemex Lets Contract for Tula Refinery
(Oil and Gas Journal, Robert Brelsford, 11.Jun.2018) – Mexico’s Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), through its processing subsidiary Pemex Transformacion Industrial (formerly Pemex Refinacion), has let a contract to a partnership of […]
Brazil Oil Workers Strike, Defying Court Order
(Efe, 30.May.2018) – Brazilian oil workers defied a court order on Wednesday by launching a three-day strike affecting oil refineries. The FUP, a federation that assembles most of Brazil’s oil […]
PDVSA’s Deterioration on All Fronts
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 22.May.2017) – In recent weeks PDVSA has reported at least three accidents: Petrotrin oil spill in Sucre state and incidents at its Cardon and […]
PDVSA Halts Cardon Catalytic Unit
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 16.May.2017) – PDVSA halted the catalytic cracking unit at the 310,000 barrel-per-day Cardón refinery in Punto Fijo, reported Reuters, citing a worker at the plant […]
PLC Refinery Conversion to Conclude in 2018
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 17.Feb.2017) – PDVSA estimates that the deep conversion project at its 100 percent owned Puerto La Cruz refinery, which will require foreign investments of $10.5 […]
Maduro Names Citgo President as Venezuela’s Oil Minister
(Energy Analytics Institute, Aaron Simonsky, 20.Jan.2017) – Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro announced the appointment of Nelson Martínez, the actual president of Citgo Petroleum Corporation, as the country’s new petroleum minister. […]
EP PetroEcuador Lays Out Goals for 2016
(Energy Analytics Institute, 27.Jun.2016, Clifford Fingers III) – EP PetroEcuador revealed some of its goals for 2016, reported the state company in an official statement. The goals for 2016 include, […]
Three Companies Interested in Esmeraldas Overhaul
(Energy Analytics Institute, 16.Jun.2016, Clifford Fingers III) – Three companies, Adelca, Novacero and Practipower, presented their bids to buy an estimated 6,500 tons of salvage left over from the Esmeraldas […]
CITGO, Aruba Gov’t Finalize San Nicolas Refinery Deal
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 11.Jun.2016) – Authorities from the governments of Aruba, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, and officials from Venezuela’s state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. […]
Esmeraldas Overhaul to Reduce Imports by Nearly $355 Mln
(Energy Analytics Institute, 8.Jun.2016, Clifford Fingers III) – Ecuador will benefit financial from the recently completed overhaul of the Esmeraldas refinery. The country will save more than an estimated $1 […]
Company Profile: Oleoducto Central S.A. (Ocensa)
(Moody’s, 4.Jun.2016) – Oleoducto Central S.A. (Ocensa) is the largest crude oil pipeline and the only public-use pipeline in Colombia. Its pipeline is ~845 km in length with 745,000 b/d […]