U.S. refineries can process shale oil, but economics—not capability—drive imports and exports. Here’s why the system works ...

The Dangote Petroleum Refinery produces Euro-V quality gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, along with polypropylene, a key input for plastics and packaging. The facility employs more than 3,000 Nigerian ...

Crude oil fractionation is the primary separation step in a refinery, physically splitting crude into boiling-range cuts for downstream upgrading. It sits at the front of the refining value chain and ...

The highly complex refineries located on the U.S. Gulf Coast could resume processing heavy Venezuelan crude oil in the years following the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, possibly pushing out ...

Texas Tech professors explain why gas prices are so high despite Texas being a major producer, fracking and oil economics.

Trump announced a Texas refinery with investment from Reliance, the first such US project in 50 years. Jamnagar's world-leading Nelson Complexity Index may explain why RIL was chosen ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday touted what he called a unique U.S. capability to refine Venezuela's abundance of crude oil, a linchpin of the Trump administration's takeover strategy for the ...

Africa’s oil refining industry has long struggled to keep pace with the continent’s vast crude oil production. For decades, many African nations exported crude oil while importing refined petroleum ...