South American nation’s tar-like oil is what many Gulf coast facilities were built for but ramping up production to 3m barrels a day will be a long game Clustered along the US Gulf coast are some of ...

Ever wondered what fuel large ships use to travel across oceans for weeks? Most commercial vessels rely on Heavy Fuel Oil ...

A key driver of U.S. refiners’ profitability — the ability to buy heavy crude at cheap prices — is set to improve in the second half of the year as Canadian and Middle Eastern production rebounds.

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 ...

At-a-Glance: Heavy oil is a dense, viscous petroleum fluid (typically 10–22 °API) enriched in resins/asphaltenes with low gas content, formed when originally lighter oils are altered after charge by ...

Hydrocracking and catalyst development occupy a pivotal role in the upgrading of heavy oil, offering a pathway to convert low-value, high-impurity feedstocks into higher quality fuels and ...

Venezuela's vast heavy crude reserves look tailor‑made for the complex refineries that line the U.S. Gulf Coast, many of which were built around similar grades from Latin America. Yet the path from ...

Heavy duty engine oils meeting the upcoming API PC-12 category will elevate the next generation of engine performance. Change is coming for heavy-duty engine oils. The American Petroleum Institute’s ...