28.11.2016
- As a spate of autumn accidents at chemical plants continues, ExxonMobil’s oil refinery at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was hit last week by a major fire. Four workers – at least two of...
18.06.2015
- Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions, the engineering and construction arm of the French industrial gases group, has signed a global technology licensing agreement with ExxonMobil...
10.05.2013
- At least five refineries in Northwest Europe and the Mediterranean have been reducing output since the second half of April due to weak margins, particularly for gasoline and...
01.05.2013
- Oil traders including commodities giant Trafigura and Australian bank Macquarie have quietly begun shipping U.S. crude oil from Texas to Canada, raising the ire of U.S. East Coast...
21.02.2013
- Europe's hard-pressed refining industry faces more closures as its competition in the United States enjoys the double bonus of growing domestic shale oil supply and cheaper...
12.02.2013
- Brazil's big sugarcane mills have begun to invest in ethanol production again, after licking their wounds from years of slim margins, as an expanding crop and favorable government...
18.01.2013
- Soaring U.S. exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a side product of the shale boom, are giving energy markets a taste of the tectonic changes they could see if and when the...
24.08.2012
- For the past five years, the U.S. government has paid fuel companies billions of dollars in subsidies to buy home-grown, corn-based ethanol, making it a viable part of the nation's...
