(KRON) — The Valero Refinery in Benicia is anticipating flaring for “several hours” Wednesday due to a mechanical issue, according to officials. The Benicia Fire Department said at 8:15 a.m. that the ...

Update (6:14 PM): Officials with Marathon Petroleum Corp. say that due to a power outage, the refinery started performing standard flaring procedures to ensure excess gases could not build up. Read ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Phillips 66 has partially shut its 258,500 barrel-per-day Bayway refinery in Linden, New Jersey, after rainstorms in the region caused a power outage at the plant, three sources ...

At about 10 p.m. Tuesday, Lisa Vallee noticed flares coming from BP’s Whiting refinery. “Obviously, we’re used to seeing smokestacks with the flames on it,” the Whiting resident said, “but this was a ...

LIMA — Cenovus Lima Refinery officials say black smoke residents reported eminating from the facility’s flare stack Wednesday morning was due to an incident that is now resolved. A news release from ...

With military tensions running high in the Middle East, the last thing cost-conscious consumers and volatility-averse investors want to see is more news that could push oil prices higher. Yet, there ...