A major hurricane could shut down one of the country’s largest energy and petrochemical hubs. But a decadeslong effort to ...

In April, the Trump administration gave 68 plants a two-year exemption from complying with federal regulations intended to ...

Now, change is in the air. Workers among the roughly 1,000 employed at one of the Houston area’s largest refineries began receiving layoff notices Thursday, a union representative said.

Refinery closures and strong seasonal fuel demand have tightened global markets and driven refining margins to their highest ...

LyondellBasell is on track to close its Houston refinery and exit the refining industry by the end of the first quarter of 2025, company executives said during a third-quarter earnings call Friday.

After more than a century of churning out fuel on the banks of the Houston Ship Channel, the city’s oldest refinery is preparing to shut down, potentially putting hundreds of people out of work.

LyondellBasell will begin the closure of its Houston-area petroleum refinery at the end of January, the company confirmed. The closure was first reported Wednesday by Reuters, which also reported ...

HCSO is investigating with Harris County HazMat assisting. The LyondellBasell Houston Refinery, set to cease operations by the end of Q1 2025 (LyondellBasell) LyondellBasell has confirmed plans to ...

Refiners across the globe are reaping unexpected profits from producing key fuels in recent weeks, offering an ailing sector ...

Major refineries and chemical facilities outside Houston were reporting operational upsets after a tornado was reported in the area Tuesday afternoon. The severe string of storms knocked out ...

A Houston company will construct the largest new refinery in the last 50 years in Brownsville, Texas. Element Fuel Holdings LLC is spending between $3 and $4 billion on the project, which will ...