MARKET WATCH: NYMEX crude oil price surge on US oil supply dip

Light, sweet crude oil contracts gained more than $2/bbl on the New York market Sept. 8 as did the Brent crude oil contracts on the London market after a massive drop was reported in US oil supplies. Source: News


Shell resolves operational upset at Puget Sound refinery

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has resolved an operational disruption that on Sept. 7 led to the precautionary evacuation of personnel from its 145,000-b/d Puget Sound refinery near Anacortes, Wash. Source: News


US refiners complete MSAT II-compliance projects

Placid Refining Co. LLC has commissioned a grassroots dividing wall column (DWC) reformate splitter as part of a project to comply with US regulatory requirements for benzene content of finished gasoline at its 75,000-b/d refinery in Port Allen, La. Source: News


Senate-House energy policy bill conference gets under way

The joint congressional conference on federal energy policy reform legislation formally began on Sept. 8 as Republicans and Democrats from both sides of the Capitol acknowledged that changes are needed and much hard work lies ahead. Source: News