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What is happening at the world's refineries

33 stories, last 4 days 25 plants 42 publishers 5 read and summarised Record: 10,350 items across 522 plants

The last 4 days, in 5 lines

  • A process upset and shutdown at the Marathon refinery in El Paso, Texas, resulted in a release of pollutants that exceeded permitted limits on August 4. El Paso Refinery
  • The Santa Barbara County Planning Commission approved a change in owner, operator and guarantor for the Santa Maria asphalt refinery to CAP Resolution Partners. Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery
  • PBF Energy's Martinez refinery in California returned to operations during May following a restart process. Martinez Refinery
  • Planned maintenance was scheduled for September at the Novopolotsk Refinery Naftan. Novopolotsk Refinery
  • The Marathon Petroleum refinery in El Paso, Texas, released thousands of pounds of pollutants during emission events on August 4 and 5. El Paso Refinery
  1. 01
    Operations High Taneco Refinery+Nizhnekamsk Refinery Updated 2d ago
    Ukraine strikes Russia's Taneco oil refinery, Tamanneftegaz terminal, General Staff confirms
    8 publishersThe Kyiv Independent · Caliber.Az · Global Banking & Finance Review +5matched taneco
  2. 02
    Conflict Critical Taneco Refinery 2d ago
    Drones attacked the TANECO oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk: 12 killed reported • ANTIKOR portal
    6 publishersАНТИКОР · Quantum Commodity Intelligence · UNITED24 Media +3matched taneco
  3. 03
    General Low Galveston Bay Refinery Updated 14h ago
    Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery Reports Unit Upset Resulting In Emissions
    2 publishersTradingView · Quantum Commodity Intelligencematched galveston
  4. 04
    Conflict High Krasnodar Refinery 31h ago
    Strikes by Ukraine's Defense Forces target refinery in Tatarstan and oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai
    inkorr.commatched krasnodar
  5. 05
    Incident High Tehran Refinery 33h ago
    Video: Thick smoke rises near Tehran refinery after tanker fire
    Iran Internationalmatched tehran

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  1. 6 Houthis Claim New Drone Attack on Saudi Arabia's Jazan Refinery Jazan Refinery 2 pubs Conflict 2d ago
  2. 7 Torrance Refinery Schedules “Flaring” Torrance Refinery 2 pubs Incident 2d ago
  3. 8 Ukrainian Drones Strike AVT-6 Unit at Russia’s Bashneft-UNPZ Oil Refinery Ufa Refinery Group (Bashneft) 2 pubs Conflict 2d ago
  4. 9 Lamu refinery plan gets boost with Dangote's Sh130b underwriting Lamu Refinery standardmedia.co.ke General 16h ago
  5. 10 Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia's Nizhnekamsk Oil Refinery, S... Nizhnekamsk Refinery t.co Conflict 2d ago
  6. 11 Citgo shuts Corpus Christi FCCU in latest refinery upset Corpus Christi East Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence General 2d ago
  7. 12 El Paso families seek answers after Marathon refinery leak El Paso Refinery 2 pubs Incident 3d ago
  8. 13 BP shut Whiting refinery hydrotreater for planned work: IIR Whiting Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence Maintenance 3d ago
  9. 14 Fred Borrego, president of the San Juan Neighborhood Association, asks officials with Marathon Petroleum's El Paso refinery to reduce air-pollution emissions at the 97-year-old refinery during the TCEQ Jan. 8 public meeting at Riverside High School. El Paso Refinery The Lufkin Daily News General 23h ago
  10. 15 Zhejiang Petrochemical's acrylonitrile production line experienced a sudden failure and shutdown, reducing overall operating load to 70%. Zhejiang Petrochemical ChemNet News Operations 4d ago
  11. 16 YEMEN'S HOUTHI-RUN NEWS AGENCY SABA CITES MILITARY SOURCE AS SAYING GROUP ATTACKED SAUDI ARAMCO'S JAZAN REFINERY WITH DRONES, NO SAUDI CONFIRMATION Jazan Refinery 3 pubs Conflict 3d ago
  12. 17 Daesan Petrochemical Restructuring Wins Conditional Approval Hyundai Oilbank Daesan Businesskorea General 29h ago
  13. 18 Imperial reports elevated flaring after Sarnia operating change Sarnia Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence Incident 4d ago
  14. 19 Final investment decision delayed for Uganda refinery Uganda Oil Refinery African Energy Expansion 2d ago
  15. 20 Ukrainian drones reportedly target oil refinery in Russia's Ufa, attack Tula, Nizhny Novgorod oblasts Tula Refinery The Kyiv Independent Conflict 3d ago
  16. 21 Tanzania and Uganda sign refinery MoU Uganda Oil Refinery African Energy General 29h ago
  17. 22 Northwest Indiana woman sues BP over alleged 45-foot fall at Whiting refinery Whiting Refinery nwitimes.com General 2d ago
  18. 23 Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery One Step Closer to Restarting Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery 2 pubs General 3d ago
  19. 24 Why Watch PBF Energy (NYSE:PBF) After Its Martinez Refinery Restart? Martinez Refinery kalkinemedia.com Operations 4d ago
  20. 25 Dangote Refinery secures $1 billion in underwriting ahead of Lagos IPO Dangote Refinery Businessfront General 2d ago
  21. 26 Tulsa refinery responds after neighbors report loud noise, shaking Tulsa Refinery newson6.com General 2d ago
  22. 27 South Pars Refinery Completes Rapid Turnaround Ahead of Winter Demand Pars Refinery Financial Tribune Maintenance 3d ago
  23. 28 Kazakh Atyrau refinery reveals oil processing plans for 8M2026 Atyrau Refinery trend.az General 2d ago
  24. 29 Novopolotsk Refinery prepares for planned maintenance. This is bad news for Russia Novopolotsk Refinery Наша Ніва Maintenance 4d ago
  25. 30 PBF Torrance Refinery Reports Planned Flare Event Torrance Refinery TradingView General 3d ago
  26. 31 Update: El Paso Marathon refinery incident released 15.4 tons of pollutants El Paso Refinery KFOX General 3d ago
  27. 32 21 held over unauthorised tanker parking at Baiji and Siniya refineries Baiji Refinery 964media General 3d ago
  28. 33 El Paso City Council to address Marathon Refinery emissions El Paso Refinery Yahoo General 4d ago

The last 30 days 229 more stories, newest first

  1. 1 PETROAN demands guaranteed crude oil supply before Port Harcourt, Warri restart Port Harcourt Refinery Vanguard News Operations 4d ago
  2. 2 BPCL flags off first Extreme Weather Grade diesel rake from Bina Refinery Bharat Oman Bina Refinery Indian Chemical News General 4d ago
  3. 3 Lamu activists call for protection of residents affected by Dangote oil refinery project Lamu Refinery People Daily General 4d ago
  4. 4 Petrol is being diverted from regions to Moscow due to shortage following attacks on oil refineries Moscow Refinery censor.net General 4d ago
  5. 5 IGO (ASX:IGO) in Focus as Kwinana Refinery Ramps Up Kwinana Refinery Kalkine Media General 4d ago
  6. 6 UOB Kay Hian Downgrades Star Petroleum Refining to Hold from Buy; Price Target is THB12 Star Petroleum Refining marketscreener.com General 4d ago
  7. 7 Mangalore Refinery And Petrochemicals Share Price Rises MRPL Mangalore Refinery Univest General 4d ago
  8. 8 This Sprawling Chinese Refinery Is Bankrolling Tehran Tehran Refinery WSJ General 5d ago
  9. 9 Tinubu Bets on PH, Warri Refineries Despite Obasanjo's Doubt Warri Refinery Punch Newspapers General 5d ago
  10. 10 Basra Refinery FCC Project to Increase Iraq’s Gasoline Output by Up to 5 Million Litres Basra Refinery PUKmedia یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان General 5d ago
  11. 11 Hermanos Díaz Refinery completes third test with Cuban crude and produces 2,000 tons of naphtha and 10,000 tons of fuel oil Hermanos Díaz Refinery 2 pubs General 6d ago
  12. 12 Smoke at Barmer refinery again: Congress blames ‘haste’ to inaugurate; HPCL says no fire Barmer Refinery The Indian Express Incident 6d ago
  13. 13 Indian oil corporation limited, Oil refinery in Haldia, India Haldia Refinery lokmattimes.com General 7d ago
  14. 14 USW Local 7-1 workers suspend picketing at BP Whiting Refinery after devastating storm Whiting Refinery nwitimes.com Operations 7d ago
  15. 15 HOSCOM Promises Tinubu Double 2023 Rivers Votes If Port Harcourt Refinery Restarts Port Harcourt Refinery Arise News General 7d ago
  16. 16 TU Delft Study Proposes Transforming Isla Refinery into New Urban District by 2075 Isla Refinery Curaçao Chronicle General 7d ago
  17. 17 Houthis Claim Drone Attack On Saudi Aramco Refinery As Tensions With Riyadh Rise Riyadh Refinery i24NEWS Conflict 7d ago
  18. 18 Star Petroleum Refining Public Company Limited Reports Earnings Results for the Second Quarter and Six Months Ended June 30, 2026 Star Petroleum Refining marketscreener.com General 7d ago
  19. 19 Oman Company DUX Middle East Interested in Turkmenbashi Refinery Products Turkmenbashi Refinery business.com.tm General 8d ago
  20. 20 ORLEN certified for biofuel component production at Plock refinery Plock Refinery Hydrocarbon Processing General 8d ago
  21. 21 Dangote secures USD 2.5 billion private placement led by AFC for Lagos refinery Dangote Refinery Capmad General 8d ago
  22. 22 PBF reports Martinez, California refinery unit upset Martinez Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence General 8d ago
  23. 23 Yemen's Houthis claim fresh drone attack on Saudi Aramco refinery in Jazan Jazan Refinery 7 pubs Conflict 8d ago
  24. 24 Angola Proposes SADC Financing For Strategic Lobito Refinery To Cut Import Dependency Lobito Refinery streamlinefeed.co.ke General 8d ago
  25. 25 Scotford refinery restarting after planned maintenance Scotford Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence Maintenance 8d ago
  26. 26 EXXONMOBIL SPOKESPERSON SAYS POWER OUTAGE AT ROTTERDAM REFINERY HAS BEEN RESOLVED AND OPERATIONS ARE NORMAL Botlek Refinery 2 pubs Operations 7d ago
  27. 27 South-Africa Refinery and Petrochemical Filtration Market Size, Share,Trends, Growth Analysis Report, 2030 Mossel Bay GTL Refinery MarketsandMarkets General 8d ago
  28. 28 Imported equipment: The Orsk refinery stood up for up to six months Orsk Refinery eadaily.com General 8d ago
  29. 29 One dead and several injured in explosion at Rotterdam port refinery Rotterdam Refinery 4 pubs Incident 7d ago
  30. 30 Russia's Orsk refinery shut down after attack, repairs could take 6 months, governor says Orsk Refinery 14 pubs Conflict 8d ago
  31. 31 Strengthening EPC Contract Management Capacity for the Dung Quat Refinery Upgrading and Expansion Project Dung Quat Refinery bsr.com.vn Expansion 9d ago
  32. 32 St. Charles Parish: 'Incident' at Valero refinery in Norco, no off-site impacts to residents St. Charles Refinery 2 pubs General 9d ago
  33. 33 Escobar demands investigation after El Paso refinery emits nearly five tons of toxins El Paso Refinery KFOX General 9d ago
  34. 34 Russian Oil Refinery and Two Grain Terminals in Novorossiysk Disabled by Ukrainian Drone Strikes Texas International Terminals Refinery 112.ua Conflict 9d ago
  35. 35 What is now happening at the viral Moscow refinery whose ‘roof flew off’ in a blast in June? (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,630) Moscow Refinery EUobserver Incident 9d ago
  36. 36 Russia's Orsk refinery halted processing after August 11 drone attack, sources say Orsk Refinery 10 pubs Conflict 9d ago
  37. 37 World News | Mongolia PM, Top Brass Visit India-constructed Oil Refinery Project Construction Site Mongol Refinery 3 pubs General 9d ago
  38. 38 Eneos shuts Marifu refinery after unplanned issue Marifu Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence General 9d ago
  39. 39 The Lobito Refinery furthers Angola’s downstream ambitions Lobito Refinery The Energy Year General 10d ago
  40. 40 Phillips 66 Borger refinery reports flaring after unit upset Borger Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence Incident 10d ago
  41. 41 Phillips 66 reports unit outage at Sweeny refinery due to storm Sweeny Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence Operations 10d ago
  42. 42 Dangote Issues Demand to Kenya Over Planned Ksh2.2 Trillion Lamu Refinery Lamu Refinery 2 pubs General 10d ago
  43. 43 Carson City Council withdraws refinery tax ballot measure, accepts $370M settlement Carson Refinery Daily Breeze Policy 10d ago
  44. 44 Phillips 66 JV Borger, Texas, Refinery Reports Emissions Borger Refinery TradingView General 10d ago
  45. 45 Tobruk-Alexandria Pipeline: Egypt, Libya Near $1B Oil Deal MIDOR Alexandria Construction Review General 10d ago
  46. 46 Omsk Refinery - the largest in Russia: how much gasoline it produces per year Omsk Refinery www1.ru General 10d ago
  47. 47 ORLEN Group advances regional energy transition as solar PV farm at Mažeikiai refinery comes online Mazeikiai Refinery (ORLEN Lietuva) 3 pubs General 9d ago
  48. 48 Aramco pushes back restart of Jazan refinery after second attack Jazan Refinery Quantum Commodity Intelligence Conflict 10d ago
  49. 49 Ukrainian Forces Target Orsk Oil Refinery in Strategic Assault Orsk Refinery 2 pubs General 10d ago
  50. 50 Massive fire breaks out at oil refinery in Orsk, Russia, following drone attack Orsk Refinery 5 pubs Conflict 10d ago
  51. 51 Fifth Armed Drone Attack Strikes Zawia Oil Refinery Tank Zawia Refinery 2 pubs Conflict 10d ago
  52. 52 Flames shot into the sky! Explosion and fire at India's IOCL Vadodara refinery IOC Gujarat Refinery news.chemnet.com Incident 11d ago
  53. 53 Fire breaks out at Rosneft oil refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur – photos Komsomolsk Refinery 2 pubs Incident 11d ago
  54. 54 Ukraine's Deepest Drone Strike Hits Nizhnekamsk Refinery Nizhnekamsk Refinery MiGFlug Conflict 11d ago
  55. 55 Ukraine Targets Russian Taneco Refinery in Drone Attack That Kills 13, Injures 75 Taneco Refinery btimesonline.com Conflict 11d ago
  56. 56 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝟕𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 $𝟏𝟔𝐛𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐦𝐮 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐭. Aliko Dangote will finance 70% of the estimated $16 billion (Sh2.07 trillion) oil refinery planned for Lamu through debt, with the remaining 30% raised as equity. The split leaves Lamu Refinery 5 pubs General 10d ago
  57. 57 A fire broke out at Rosneft's oil refinery in Khabarovsk Krai Khabarovsk Refinery Українські Національні Новини (УНН) Incident 11d ago
  58. 58 Large flares, gas emissions at El Paso refinery alarm neighbors El Paso Refinery KVIA General 11d ago
  59. 59 The Houthis Hit a Saudi Aramco Refinery on Sunday — and Neither of Riyadh's New Treaty Partners Has Made a Move Riyadh Refinery National Security Journal General 11d ago
  60. 60 Iraq hydrogen compressor fire at Baiji refinery Baiji Refinery HazardEx Incident 11d ago
  61. 61 Drones strike Russian oblasts overnight: thick smoke over a Nizhnekamsk refinery as Crimea's Krasnoperekopsk industrial zone burns Nizhnekamsk Refinery 2 pubs Conflict 11d ago
  62. 62 Mangalore Refinery Stock Leads 3 Indian Cash Flow Bargains MRPL Mangalore Refinery simplywall.st General 11d ago
  63. 63 EPA Completes Chemical Removal at St. Croix Refinery, Ends Air Monitoring as Safety Orders Remain Hovensa Refinery The Virgin Islands Consortium Policy 11d ago
  64. 64 General Staff confirms destruction of TANECO refinery in Tatarstan Taneco Refinery Ukrinform General 11d ago
  65. 65 Phillips 66 Reports Unit Startup At Wood River, Illinois Refinery Wood River Refinery TradingView Expansion 11d ago
  66. 66 Uganda & Tanzania Sign Deal for Joint Oil Refinery After Dangote Picks Lamu Uganda Oil Refinery Money254 General 12d ago
  67. 67 13 Killed, 39 Injured In Ukrainian Drone Attack On Russias Nizhnekamsk, TANECO Refinery Taneco Refinery, Nizhnekamsk Refinery 7 pubs Conflict 11d ago
  68. 68 Vietnam's BSR seeks $600 mln financing for Dung Quat refinery expansion Dung Quat Refinery 2 pubs Expansion 11d ago
  69. 69 Brent at $84.24, WTI at $78.70: Iran Demands and Houthi Drone Strike on Aramco Jazan Refinery Jazan Refinery 9 pubs Conflict 8d ago
  70. 70 Dangote’s Lamu Refinery: Kenya’s 700,000 bpd Ambition Lamu Refinery 7 pubs General 9d ago

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