Neste Corp. is investigating the cause of a fire that has resulted in the temporary suspension of processing and production ...

Shell is transforming its largest German oil refinery from a crude oil processing plant into a producer of high-grade ...

An explosion at an oil refinery in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday left at least 12 employees slightly injured, the company said. A fire at the facility was quickly brought ...

The refinery allegedly discharged millions of gallons of wastewater from oil refinery processes, which harmed water quality ...

It's the third major fine against a Bay Area refinery this year. In February, the air district fined the Chevron refinery in ...

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) announced Thursday that its highest-ever penalty of $82 million has ...

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District and California Air Resources Board on Thursday announced a nearly $82 million ...

The penalty against oil company Valero is imposed for massive pollution releases that went unreported for at least 15 years.

Record turnout is expected in this year’s election and many voters, in the Bay Area and beyond, will be voting by mail. In Contra Costa County, the majority of ...

A new California law forcing refiners to build and maintain government-dictated inventories of product has resulted in the announced closure of a large refinery in Los Angeles, which will leave ...

Two candidates are vying to replace longtime City Councilmember Mark Ross to represent District 2 in Martinez this year, ...

Nigeria’s Dangote refinery, larger than any other in Africa or Europe, has shipped its first seaborne petrol cargo as a vital fuel-producing unit continues to ramp up. The Sabaek sailed with about 500 ...