Vice President JD Vance headed to Naples for private fundraiser
The vice president is set to make a brief stop on the Gulf Coast for a private, high-dollar…
Exclusive-Valero buys Venezuelan oil cargo as part of Washington’s deal with Caracas
By Georgina McCartney and Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON, Jan 21 (Reuters) – Valero bought a cargo of ​Venezuelan crude…
Venezuelan Oil and the Limits of U.S. Refining Capacity
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Venezuela pitch to oil executives to invest the vast sums required to…
KBR Awarded FEED for Coastal Bend LNG Project
HOUSTON, Jan. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KBR (NYSE: KBR) has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED)…
Venezuela’s oil market return may stabilize US gas prices
The crisis in Venezuela has captured global attention, but its impact could be felt closer to home, especially…
Exxon Restarts Key Gasoline Unit After Brief Beaumont Refinery Outage
ExxonMobil has restarted the gasoline-producing fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at its massive Beaumont, Texas, refinery, two days…
Gulf Coast LNG project’s Train 5 closer to FID as ConocoPhillips signs up for 20-year offtake
U.S.-headquartered energy giant ConocoPhillips has struck a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal with Houston-headquartered NextDecade Corporation, enabling…
ConocoPhillips signs 20-year LNG purchase agreement with Sempra
ConocoPhillips has signed a long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA) to purchase 4 million tonnes per annum (MMtpa)…
US Gulf refiners seek MidEast, S.American oil to offset Venezuela, Mexico losses
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -U.S. Gulf Coast refiners are snapping up higher volumes of Middle Eastern and…
Chevron says offshore well start-up caused Mars crude quality issues
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) -The start-up of an offshore well caused zinc contamination in Mars crude, Chevron…
How frogs can tell us about our environment on the Gulf Coast
When the sun sets on Florida Gulf Coast University in the summertime, it gets awfully quiet on campus.…
‘All Hell Breaks Loose’: How Big Oil Ruined a Small Texas Town – Deceleration
Cap Port Arthur, a Suezmax oil tanker currently sailing under the flag of Greece, looms behind a beach…