Most of the state's 15 crude oil refineries were built specifically to process the heavy sour crude that comes from Venezuela ...

While any investment by US companies in rejuvenating Venezuelan oil production could take time, Gulf Coast refiners are well ...

Exxon, Chevron, Phillips 66 and others already operate refineries capable of processing the kind of heavy crude that comes ...

Purpose: Optimize, troubleshoot, and design refinery process units to maximize throughput, yield, energy efficiency, reliability, and regulatory compliance while safeguarding people, assets, and the ...

Venezuelan crude is attractive to complex U.S. refiners with coking capacity, but only a subset of Gulf and East Coast plants ...

A full-scale resumption of Venezuelan oil exports would benefit refiners in the United States and lower their fuel production ...

I.1 Process monitoring and optimization: Lead daily technical stewardship of assigned units (e.g., crude/vacuum, hydrotreating, reforming, FCC, hydrocracking, sulfur ...

Light US crude requires a different configuration at refineries Changing refinery setup can be a lengthy and expensive process Running different crude types impacts refinery yields, margin April 9 - U ...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of the country following a largescale US strike on Caracas, leaving behind uncertainty for the country – and its massive oil ...