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UPDATE 1-BP refinery outage jolts Midwest gasoline further

(Adds quotes, detail on differential highs and refinery outages) By Kristen Hays HOUSTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Chicago cash gasoline differentials hit their highest since 2008 this week on the prospect of a month-long shutdown of the top crude unit at BP Plc's Indiana refinery, the larg

BP says Whiting, Indiana, refinery output cut due to CDU shutdown

HOUSTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - BP Plc said on Wednesday that production has been reduced at the company's 413,500 barrel per day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery due to the shutdown of plant's largest crude distillation unit on Saturday. BP said in a statement that the 240,000 bpd crude unit w

UPDATE 1-Canadian heavy crude slumps to lowest in at least a decade

(Updates with Flanagan South restart, price action) By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Heavy Canadian crude slumped to its lowest level in at least a decade on Wednesday after Enbridge Inc closed two of its main pipelines in the United States because of a leak, pilin

BP-Husky to shut crude and FCC units at Ohio refinery in April - source

NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - BP Plc plans to shut down a crude unit and a fluid catalytic cracker in April at its 160,000 barrel-per-day refinery in Toledo, Ohio for up to 70 days of planned maintenance, according to a source familiar with the plant's operations. The 110,000 bpd crude unit

U.S. gasoline spread surges most in years on refinery woes

By Robert Gibbons NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters) - The premium for U.S. gasoline prices over benchmark crude has surged by more than $6 in three days, its biggest such rise in more than four years, as a series of refinery disruptions toward the end of an unusually strong summer driving season s

Midwest gasoline differentials extend hikes on refinery outage

HOUSTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Midwest cash gasoline differentials extended gains on Wednesday on the prospect of a month-long shutdown of the biggest crude unit at BP Plc's 413,500 barrels-per-day (bpd) refinery in Whiting, Indiana, traders said. Group Three gasoline was seen done at a 30-cen

FTSE 100 movers: Slide continues on yuan devaluation

(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down by 1.84% to 6,541.50 at 1620 BST as the devaluation of the yuan continued to drag on stocks. There were only a handful of gainers on the FTSE 100 on Wednesday as oil stocks were flat rather than falling. Spreadex's analyst Connor Campbell said while com

Canadian heavy crude slumps to lowest in at least a decade

By Nia Williams CALGARY, Alberta, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Heavy Canadian crude slumped to its lowest level in at least a decade on Wednesday after Enbridge Inc closed two of its main pipelines in the United States because of a leak, piling fresh misery on Canadian oil companies that are close to

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RPT-INSIGHT-Pope's climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil investments

(Repeats story from earlier Wednesday with no change to text) By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Pope Francis heartened environmentalists around the world in June when he urged immediate action to save the planet from the effects of climate change, declaring that the use

PRESS: BP Whiting Refinery Repairs Could Take A Month - Reuters

INSIGHT-Pope's climate push at odds with U.S. Catholic oil investments

By Richard Valdmanis BOSTON, Aug 12 (Reuters) - Pope Francis heartened environmentalists around the world in June when he urged immediate action to save the planet from the effects of climate change, declaring that the use of "highly polluting fossil fuels needs to be progressively replaced

UPDATE 2-BP's main crude unit at Whiting shut for at least a month -sources

(Updates with crude unit down at least a month) HOUSTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Heavy damage to the largest crude distillation unit at BP Plc's 413,500-barrel-per-day (bpd) Whiting, Indiana, refinery will require at least a month to repair, sources familiar with the refinery's plans said on Tu

BP's Whiting crude unit to be shut for at least a month -sources

HOUSTON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - BP Plc's 240,000 barrel per day crude distillation unit at its Whiting, Indiana, refinery was expected to be shut for at least a month after sustaining heavy damage to piping and metallurgy on Saturday, sources familiar with plant operations said on Tuesday. The