According to data from the American Petroleum Institute, total US petroleum deliveries in April averaged 19.6 million b/d, up 1.7% from April 2016. These were the highest April deliveries in 9 years. Source: News

The Appalachian region potentially could become a major US petrochemical and plastic resin manufacturing center similar to the Gulf Coast, the American Chemistry Council said in a May 18 report. Source: News

PT Pertamina (Persero) said it expects to complete the first phase of its previously announced project to upgrade and modernize the 260,000-b/d refinery in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, in 2020. Source: News

The American Petroleum Institute has asked US Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke to instruct the Bureau of Land Management to defer compliance dates under its methane emissions control rule for 2 years. “We make this request in view of directives in recent presidential and secretarial orders that may lead to changes to or withdrawal of the […]