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Citgo Gets U.S. Subpoena Related to Venezuela Bribery Probe - Oil & Gas 360

Venezuela Faces the Loss of Citgo – and Desperately Needed Dollars

From The Houston Chronicle Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed a Canadian gold miner to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award. A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Crystallex International Corp. may seize U.S.-based stock of Citgo’s parent, which is part of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, to cover

Philadelphia Refinery Closing Reverses Two Years of U.S. Capacity Gains

From Reuters The planned closing of an oil refinery in Philadelphia damaged by a massive fire last month will reverse nearly two years of capacity gains at U.S. refineries, according to a Reuters analysis of government data. Philadelphia Energy Solutions has said it will shut its 335,000 barrels per day (bpd) refinery this summer after a June 21 fire tore

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Summer Drive Season More Costly as East Coast Refinery Burns

From Bloomberg Blaze contained at PES facility, major New York supplier, refinery is largest such complex in U.S. East Coast region Gasoline futures jumped the most in three months after an explosion and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery, the largest on the U.S. East Coast and a key supplier to the New York gasoline market. The fire