Marathon Petroleum on Thursday reported flaring at its 365,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) refinery in Carson, California, according ...

News of the corruption-related investigation of three recently sacked managing directors of Nigeria’s government-owned oil refineries gave an insight into why the facilities remain problematic.

A continued shortfall in crude oil supply to domestic refiners has kept the capacity utilisation of refineries at just 57.8 per cent, leaving over 42 per cent of Nigeria’s installed refining ...

Andrew Petersen is a third-generation oil refinery worker from a small, industrial Scottish town. When he was growing up, working at Grangemouth refinery meant you "had a job for life".

A fire Monday at Valero’s Benicia refinery leaves only one gasoline plant still operating in the San Francisco Bay Area, putting pressure on prices ahead of peak driving season and stymieing Gov ...

The team reported the first direct observational evidence of a process called r-process nucleosynthesis in a powerful flare emitted by a body called a magnetar in 2004. Almost a day after the ...

"We've been able to show, for the very first time, that the sun's flare pulsations and Earth's atmosphere were pulsing in sync during a solar flare." Earth's atmosphere pulses in sync with the sun ...

Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue confirmed they responded to an incident at the Hunt Oil Refinery, WBRC and WVUA reported. Reports of a blast could be heard at least 16 miles away from the Hunt Oil refinery ...

Tuscaloosa Fire and Rescue spokeswoman Holly Whigham said fire crews were dispatched at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday for an “incident” at the refinery, located at 2017 62nd Avenue. She declined to say ...

SAN DIEGO — California residents may face a dramatic increase in gas prices due to the potential closure of two refineries in the state, according to a recent analysis by a University of ...

Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney Wednesday after the first round of voting by the College of Cardinals, indicating no consensus on a new pope. The 133 voting cardinals have ...

An official noted that refineries in Jamnagar and Panipat, secured by CISF, are under particularly stringent surveillance. (PTI photo) The heightened security covers installations that account for ...