The Wire · One day

Thursday, 8 January 2026

6 stories5 plants8 publishers

Operations Low Benicia Refinery 8 Jan 2026
Valero confirms Benicia refinery will close, leaving city’s future uncertain
2 publishersThe Mercury News · Times Herald Onlinematched benicia
Policy Medium El Paso Refinery 8 Jan 2026
Public meeting held on air permit renewal for El Paso refinery
KFOXmatched paso
General Low Benicia Refinery 8 Jan 2026
Valero will import refined gasoline after idling Benicia operations by April
2 publishersNBC Bay Area · KALWmatched benicia
General Low IOC Paradip Refinery 8 Jan 2026
Odisha Industries Minister Fast-Tracks IOCL’s Paradip Cracker and Bhadrak Yarn Plants
Pragativadimatched paradip
General Low Lindsey Oil Refinery 8 Jan 2026
Phillips 66 acquires the 5.4 Mt/year Lindsey Oil Refinery assets (UK)
Enerdatamatched lindsey
General Low Shymkent Refinery 8 Jan 2026
Kazakhstan cracks down on $1.96-million fuel theft at Shymkent refinery
Caliber.Azmatched shymkent

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