Early oil refining was unpredictable and often dangerous. Over time, industry leaders like John D. Rockefeller and companies like Standard Oil introduced scientific methods and ...

Crude oil fractionation is the primary separation step in a refinery, physically splitting crude into boiling-range cuts for downstream upgrading. It sits at the front of the refining value chain and ...

Refining converts mixed crude oil into specification fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, lubricants, and other products by physical separation, chemical conversion, and product treating/blending. It ...

After decades of stagnation in the U.S. refining sector, a significant shift may be underway. The newly announced oil refinery at the Port of Brownsville, Texas, could become one of the first major ...

California is the fourth largest economy in the world and an “energy island" that is isolated from the other 49 states by the ...