Iraq’s Ministry of Oil stated on Tuesday that the reduction in crude oil production following the halt of exports due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz wil

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s oil ministry said on Tuesday that the recent reduction in crude oil production - caused by halted exports following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz - “will not affect refinery operations or the continued production of petroleum derivatives

A fire at the charging pumps of the SEVIA unit forced Ecuador's state firm Petroecuador to preemptively and temporarily suspend operations at the 110,000 barrel-per-day Esmeraldas refinery, the third such incident in nine months.

A fire at Petroecuador's Esmeraldas oil refinery, the country's largest, temporarily halted operations after a fire broke out in the charge pumps of one of its units, the state oil company said on Sunday,

The Phillips 66 Los Angeles Refinery could be a test case for how the state and local governments should handle refinery closures, experts say.