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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Marathon Petroleum (MPC.N), opens new tab said it bought two cargoes of Venezuelan crude oil at the end of January and expects its refineries to process more heavy grades, ...