The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin.

Phillips 66 PSX, the Houston, TX-based oil giant, has confirmed plans to shut down its 147,000 barrels-per-day Los Angeles refinery by October, CEO Mark Lashier announced at the Piper Sandler Energy ...

The news comes a little more than a month after the Houston-based international chemical company announced that it would be ...

Meanwhile, Permian-quality crude at the Magellan East Houston (MEH) terminal, the main price assessment point along the Gulf ...

HOUSTON (Reuters) -A scaffolding collapse on Wednesday at Chevron's Pasadena, Texas, refinery injured three workers, a Chevron spokesperson said in a statement. One of the three contract workers ...

Hundreds of workers at the LyondellBasell oil refinery in east Houston will soon be jobless, according to a Wednesday filing submitted to the Texas Workforce Commission. Houston Refining LP ...

California and New Jersey are among the states claiming the companies sold products that drove up carbon dioxide emissions ...

A hydrogen sulfide leak at Pemex's Deer Park refinery near Houston operated by Pemex killed two workers and triggered shelter-in-place orders for nearby residents in October. ExxonMobil's Beaumont ...

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U.S. crude oil stockpiles rose more than expected last week, while gasoline and distillate inventories fell as product ...