~$1 billion transaction to boost PBF’s production volume by 157,000 BOPD PBF Energy Inc. (stock ticker: PBF) has signed an agreement with Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US to purchase the Martinez refinery, located in Martinez, California, for approximately $1 billion. Depending when the deals closes, that figure could vary, perhaps dipping slightly to $900 million. As of
From Reuters PARIS (Reuters) – France’s Total on Tuesday declared force majeure on the production of jet fuel at its Leuna refinery in Germany following the supply of contaminated crude from Russia. “We have declared Force Majeure on the jet fuel from the Leuna refinery,” a Total spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said that due to ongoing problems with crude supply
Almost half of all U.S. crude oil production from onshore basins comes from the Permian Basin according to the EIA. We’re talking about a massive amount of daily oil production–3.8 million barrels per day. And now a home-based Permian refinery has landed on the drawing boards that aims to start processing West Texas light oil at home in the heart
From Bloomberg Mexico plans to start awarding the construction of its seventh refinery as soon as March 2019, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday at an event at the Dos Bocas port in Tabasco, even as the nation´s refining system is operating at its lowest levels in three decades. Unveiling a plan for the nation’s refining system, Lopez Obrador
Pushing the limits: following a $10 billion refinery and petchem plant and a $2.5 billion fertilizer plant, billionaire wants to acquire oil fields that will deliver 250,000 barrels of oil production daily From Bloomberg Aliko Dangote has made a fortune out of cement and food processing. Now, Africa’s richest person is embarking on a bigger challenge: a $15 billion investment in
Sterling Resources speeds up Bretana field development Peru-focused E&P Sterling Resources Ltd. (ticker: SLG) has advanced the 2018 capital program at the Bretana field in Northeast Peru. Last December, the company acquired 100% working interest in the field. At the time, the company estimated that the project would come online in 10 to 12 months for ~$24.6 million. Project’s budgeted
Deal will create the largest U.S. refiner Marathon Petroleum Corp. (ticker: MPC) and Andeavor (ticker: ANDV) have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which MPC will acquire all of ANDV’s outstanding shares, representing a total equity value of $23.3 billion and total enterprise value of $35.6 billion, based on MPC’s April 27, 2018, closing price of $81.43. ANDV shareholders
Hurricane Harvey disrupted U.S. Gulf Coast refining operations from late August to September in 2017, and pausing operations led to record-high U.S. crude oil exports when facilities reopened after the storm, the EIA reported today. In October 2017, crude oil exports from the United States reached a monthly record of more than 1.7 MMBOPD. The EIA’s Petroleum Supply Monthly data
PES said the cost of RINs in 2017 alone was $218 million, more than every cost besides crude oil Company invested in a new North Dakota rail terminal to benefit from discounted Bakken crude prices From Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – Philadelphia Energy Solutions, owner of the largest U.S. East Coast refinery, said on Monday its plan to get out
Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (ticker: TEP) announced today two strategic acquisitions by its Tallgrass Terminals business and several significant commercial developments that expand services offered by Pony Express in key crude oil producing basins it serves. “Today’s announcements, along with last week’s news of the five-year contract extension with Pony Express’ largest customer, continue to solidify Pony Express’ track record
CB&I (ticker: CBI) won a contract for more than $95 million from the Aramco-Shell JV – Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery (SASREF). The scope of work includes the engineering, procurement and construction management for SASREF’s modernization and expansion of its existing refinery in Al-Jubail city, Saudi Arabia. “The relationship between CB&I and SASREF extends back for more than a decade, and
It’s small when you compare it to the top ten largest U.S. refineries, most located on the Gulf coast, all having capacities between 300,000 barrels and half a million barrels per day, but a small Texas-based energy company has announced its intention to build a 50,000-barrels per day crude oil refinery in a well-selected location: in the heart of the Permian
