Oil, petrol, gasoline: a chemical engineer explains how crude turns into fuel

As the US–Israel war on Iran escalates, so too does the global oil crisis. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of the world’s oil and natural gas flows, and the ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

The US exports oil, but that won’t shield Americans from higher gas prices

The US exports some oil products, but it still imports crude — and global markets ultimately determine what Americans pay at the pump ...
The Guardian

Dense, sticky and heavy: why Venezuelan crude oil appeals to US refineries

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 ...
Forbes

America Is Producing Record Oil. So Why Does Chevron Need Venezuela?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. FREEPORT, TEXAS - JANUARY 14: The Nave Photon crude oil tanker is ...
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The Business & Financial Times on MSNOpinion

Editorial: Refine domestic crude to avoid supply disruption

Yesterday – Thursday, March 12 – the International Energy Agency (IEA) said war in the Middle East was “creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market”.It said that ...