Explosion rocks Valero refinery in Port Arthur, west-side residents ordered to shelter in place as officials monitor air qualityA powerful explosion rocked the Valero refinery in Port Arthur on Monday. A large smoke plume rose into the sky. Residents on the west side...
24 Mar, 2026, 07.34 AM IST
Oil jumps above $119 a barrel on Middle East energy attacksIran launched missile attacks on energy facilities in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait following an Israeli strike on its gas field, escalat...
19 Mar, 2026, 09.59 PM IST
Brent crude spikes above $116/bbl after attacks on Mideast energy assets multiplyOil prices saw a sharp rise Thursday. Brent crude reached over $116 a barrel. This followed Iran's attacks on energy facilities across the ...
19 Mar, 2026, 07.23 PM IST
Harsh Goenka shares hilarious post on how an "Indian guy" got a contract from Donald TrumpIndustrialist Harsh Goenka shared a witty post about an Indian contractor outsmarting competitors for a White House painting job. The joke ...
11 Mar, 2026, 08.28 PM IST
Reliance to invest in first new US oil refinery in 50 years, says Trump; calls $300 billion Texas project ‘historic deal’Reliance Industries will partner with America First Refining to build the first new U.S. oil refinery in 50 years. The $300 billion project...
11 Mar, 2026, 10.13 AM IST
RIL shares rise 2% as Trump announces $300 billion US refinery project with Ambani backingReliance Industries shares gained 2% after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the company would partner in developing a $300 billion oil...
11 Mar, 2026, 10.01 AM IST
Will US get a new oil refinery for the first time in 50 years, and where will this facility come up? $300 billion refinery plan explained. Here's why the announcement is happening nowWill US get a new oil refinery for the first time in 50 years, and where will this facility come up? The United States may see a new oil re...
11 Mar, 2026, 05.07 AM IST
Extreme heat fast becoming a threat to global fuel securityAs the world makes its efforts to lessen its dependency on fossil fuels, the rise in weather-driven refinery disruptions focuses on the sur...
11 Sep, 2023, 11.22 AM IST
Oil slips after US crude stocks rise amid deep freeze hit to refinersCrude stockpiles rose by 1 million barrels in the week to Feb. 19, the American Petroleum Institute (API) reported on Tuesday, against esti...
24 Feb, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
Goldman Sachs sees minimal oil price impact from Texas freezeOil prices slid by up to 2 per cent on Friday, on worries that refineries will take time to resume operations after the big freeze in the U...
19 Feb, 2021, 12.48 PM IST
Oil drops as investors gauge big chill impact on U.S. refineriesU.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.21, or 2%, to $59.31 a barrel at 0157 GMT, after declining 1% on Thursday.
19 Feb, 2021, 08.38 AM IST
- US national engineering body elects Indian-American
Sockalingam Sam Kannappan, Chairman of Enforcement Committee of Texas PE Board, was elected Secretary and Treasurer of Southern Zone (SZ).
28 Aug, 2013, 09.50 PM IST
- Bush declares Texas a disaster area after Ike
President George W Bush on Saturday declared a major disaster in Texas and Louisiana after Hurricane Ike flooded homes, knocked out power a...
14 Sep, 2008, 05.22 AM IST
- Economic damage from Ike may be less than feared
A small change in Hurricane Ike's course just before it crashed into the Texas coast may have spared the state and the nation from signific...
14 Sep, 2008, 03.39 AM IST
- Royal Dutch, Shell shut operations
Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other oil companies wrapped up evacuations and shut down production as an intensifying Hurricane Gustav churned t...
01 Sep, 2008, 01.46 AM IST
- Oil companies completing Gulf evacuations
Royal Dutch Shell, BP and other oil companies wrapped up evacuations and shut down production Saturday as an intensifying Hurricane Gustav ...
31 Aug, 2008, 06.19 AM IST
- Ocean platform could take 20 pc of US oil imports
Three companies plan to build an oil terminal and pipeline network off the Texas Gulf Coast capable of handling nearly 20 per cent of the U...
19 Aug, 2008, 04.14 AM IST