Explosions, fire rock US oil refinery; gas prices could rise
Fire broke out at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining Complex.
Come by Chance refinery operator cutting 128 jobs in NL
NARL Refining cites tough economic conditions among other factors.
Maintenance project for NB refinery to employ 2,400 workers
Irving Oil expects project to deliver $15 million in benefits to the local Saint John economy.
Irving Oil finalizes acquisition of Irish refinery
Plans to operate the facility with the existing workforce.
Irving Oil to buy Ireland’s only refinery from Phillips 66
Whitegate refinery near Cork processes up to 75,000 barrels of crude per day.
Worker in hospital following injury at Regina Co-op oil refinery
Hot diesel sprayed onto the worker’s calves.
Worker at Alberta refinery killed after being hit by bus
Incident occurred at North West Redwater Partnership’s Sturgeon Refinery site.
Irving Oil to conduct $200M maintenance project for Saint John refinery
Company says project will generate $27 million in direct spinoff benefits.
Decision on Montreal coker coming by early next year, Suncor says
The coker project would cut crude costs at the refinery, which has long relied on pricey overseas imports.
NEB denies Chevron request to dub refinery ‘priority destination’ for crude
Energy watchdog said it was not convinced Chevron was “unable to meet, or is at substantial risk of not meeting, its minimum run rate.”
Imperial Oil to convert Dartmouth refinery to terminal
Initial start-up of the converted facilities is planned for late 2013.
Valero to convert shuttered Aruba oil refinery into storage facility
Oil giant produced gasoline and other fuels before stopping operations due to high oil prices.
BC media mogul enters the Northern Gateway fray
David Black hopes to build a $13 billion refinery to export processed fuels rather than raw oilsands bitumen to Asia.
