Valero joint venture plans oil dock at Sabine-Neches
The $75 million oil dock will be able to receive tankers 24 hours a day and will deliver crude to Valero's Port Arthur Refinery.
View ArticleMotiva Port Arthur Halts Crude Unit Start as Clamp Fails
Motiva Enterprises LLC shut down the 325,000-barrel-a-day crude unit at the Port Arthur refinery days after trying to restart it when a clamp that was modified to fix an earlier leak failed.
View ArticleCarbon capture project at Valero refinery launches
A carbon capture demonstration project in Port Arthur is now up and running, another milestone in national efforts to reduce harmful emissions from energy production.
View ArticleRefinery troubles push gas price to February record
U.S. consumers facing the highest gasoline pump prices ever for February may see further increases as global crude oil futures climb and down refineries reduce fuel supplies.
View ArticleRefineries expanded, but not constructed
It's a frequently repeated factoid about the energy industry: No new major refinery has been built in this country in decades. But several small refineries have opened and significant capacity has been...
View ArticleShell has bigger plans for Houma-to-Houston pipeline
Shell Pipeline has planned additional capacity for its fully reversed Houma-to-Houston pipeline system and is starting another open season for potential customers, the company announced Friday.
View ArticleMotiva Port Arthur refinery shuts down after power outage
The Port Arthur, Texas refinery lost power Sunday and there isn't a timeline for restarting the plant, a person familiar with operations said.
View ArticleRefining margins push Valero profits
Valero reported net income attributable to Valero stockholders of $654 million, or $1.18 a share, for the period ended March 31. That compares with a net loss of $432 million, or 78 cents a share, for...
View ArticlePort Arthur project called milestone for carbon-capture
Federal officials on Friday celebrated the success of a government-backed project in Port Arthur that is capturing carbon dioxide and putting it to use in the oil patch.
View ArticleBASF Total adapts steam cracker to take advantage of shale gas
BASFTotal Petrochemicals has revamped its Port Arthur steam cracker to process ethane, taking advantage of abundant U.S. shale gas.
View ArticleTotal fined $8.75 million for Port Arthur refinery air violations
Total Petrochemical was fined $8.75 million for violating an earlier air pollution settlement, the Justice Department said Friday.
View ArticleKeystone foes shift focus to health
Sen. Barbara Boxer on Wednesday sought to shift the heated debate over Keystone XL from climate change to the public health effects of processing the oil sands it would transport from Canada to Gulf...
View ArticleShell Oil, Motiva to pay $4.5 million in back wages to nearly 2,700 workers
Shell Oil Co. and Motiva Enterprises have agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million in overtime back wages to 2,677 current and former chemical and refinery employees after federal regulators found violations...
View ArticleBeaumont event touts benefits of Keystone XL
Crude has long coursed from Canada to Oklahoma through the existing Keystone pipeline. Southeast Texas connected to that line in January last year when the Keystone XL southern leg ending in Nederland...
View ArticleSteelworkers strike expands to Port Arthur and beyond
The United Steelworkers union has expanded its strike to the Motiva Enterprises refinery in Port Arthur.
View ArticleNo new talks set between Shell, Steelworkers
In a negotiations update Sunday, Steelworkers officials countered that oil industry negotiators refuse to address “well-documented and widespread safety deficiencies,” and “reject our efforts to reduce...
View ArticleStriking Motiva workers approve contract
Employees could go back to work as soon as Monday, said Garrett Ozment, a union representative and machinist at the refinery, which is the nation’s largest.
View ArticleStriking refinery employees could come back to work by end of March
Last week, negotiators for Shell, which was representing the industry, and the union agreed on a deal that provides a national framework for contracts.
View ArticleSempra moves forward with Port Arthur LNG plans
Sempra Energy is pressing forward with plans to build a liquefied natural gas export plant in Port Arthur.
View ArticleTotal planning $2 billion ethane cracker in Port Arthur
Total contracted with The Woodlands-based CB&I for front-end engineering and design for a second cracking unit at Total's existing Port Arthur campus. A final decision on the project is expected...
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