Published on Thursday, January 26 2023
Authors: Harold "Skip" York

The challenge of balancing refinery yields with evolving product demand.…

Published on Thursday, January 19 2023
Authors: Brian Graham

While U.S. refining has seen significant capacity reductions in recent…

Published on Tuesday, December 6 2022
Authors: Skip York

One month into the heating season it is already clear…

Published on Thursday, December 1 2022
Authors: Cinda Lohmann

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will vote on the…

Published on Thursday, October 13 2022
Authors: Philip Guillemette

Last month, EPA posted updated technical guidance (EPA-420-B-22-041) on qualifying…

Published on Thursday, September 1 2022
Authors: Eamon Cullinane

In the race for renewable diesel facilities to come online…

Published on Monday, July 25 2022
Authors: Cinda Lohmann

With the recent posting of the 2022 Draft Scoping Plan,…

Published on Monday, July 18 2022
Authors: Cinda Lohmann

The May 2022 Draft Scoping Plan, presented to the California…

Published on Thursday, July 7 2022
Authors: John Mayes & Brian Graham

  In our June 23 blog we mentioned that approximately…

Published on Thursday, June 23 2022
Authors: John Mayes

Administration Calls for Increased Refinery Production are Ill-Informed On June…

Published on Tuesday, May 17 2022
Authors: John Auers

There is no more love coming from or going to…

Published on Tuesday, December 14 2021
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

We’re pretty sure the Alt Rock group, Linkin Park, wasn’t…

Published on Wednesday, November 17 2021
Authors: Eamon Cullinane and Robert Auers

In this third installment of our blog series on how the oil…

Published on Tuesday, October 26 2021
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

Part 2 – U.S. Independent Refiners  In the first installment of our blog series on how the oil…

Published on Tuesday, September 28 2021
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

Part 1 – Integrated Oil Company Strategies  Back in 1970, when…

Published on Tuesday, May 11 2021
Authors: Robert Auers

On May 7, 2021, Colonial Pipeline Company learned it was…

Published on Tuesday, January 5 2021
Authors: Jonathan Leitch

We entered 2020 with the expectation of higher refining margins,…

Published on Monday, December 21 2020
Authors: John Auers

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to persist and impact our…

Published on Tuesday, December 15 2020
Authors: John Mayes and John Auers

In the last ten years, refining capacity in Latin America…

Published on Tuesday, December 8 2020
Authors: John Mayes and John Auers

For the global refining industry, 2020 has been an exceptionally…

Published on Tuesday, December 1 2020
Authors: John Mayes and John Auers

Last week, we began a discussion of refining industry developments…

Published on Tuesday, November 24 2020
Authors: John Mayes and John Auers

Last week, we discussed the wave of refinery closures that…

Published on Tuesday, November 17 2020
Authors: John Mayes and John Auers

Around 500 B.C., the Greek philosopher Heraclitus stated, “The only…

Published on Tuesday, November 10 2020
Authors: Dennis Sutton - PetroQual

The following Turning Point blog is provided by Dennis Sutton. …

Published on Tuesday, November 3 2020
Authors: Elizabeth Hilbourn

On July 2, 2014, the EPA finalized amendments to the…

Published on Tuesday, October 27 2020
Authors: Jonathan Leitch

In this blog post, we focus on the challenges facing…

Published on Tuesday, October 20 2020
Authors: Guest - PLG Consulting

Today’s blog was written by PLG Consulting with input from…

Published on Tuesday, October 13 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane

There are currently over 20 announced projects/expansions for renewable diesel…

Published on Tuesday, October 6 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

It seems that the petroleum industry just can’t catch a…

Published on Tuesday, September 29 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

“Take this Job and Shove It” was written by David…

Published on Tuesday, September 22 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane

On Monday, September 14, the EPA announced it denied 54…

Published on Tuesday, September 15 2020
Authors: Elizabeth Hilbourn

Both California and Oregon have had low carbon fuel programs…

Published on Tuesday, September 8 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

Last week, we looked primarily at our outlook for petroleum…

Published on Tuesday, September 1 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

Nearly three months ago, we published a blog entitled Part…

Published on Tuesday, August 25 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane

In the wake of demand destruction as a result of…

Published on Tuesday, August 18 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane and Robert Auers

The COVID-19 pandemic (and responsive government actions), together with the…

Published on Tuesday, August 11 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane and Sam Davis

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact across the…

Published on Tuesday, August 4 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

By any measure, 2020 has not gone as planned for…

Published on Tuesday, July 28 2020
Authors: Julia Tossetti and Elizabeth Hilbourn

The topic of renewable fuel feedstock always seems to generate…

Published on Tuesday, July 21 2020
Authors: Cinda Lohmann

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) was established by the Energy…

Published on Tuesday, July 14 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

It wasn’t long ago that Kelcy Warren (Chairman and CEO…

Published on Tuesday, July 7 2020
Authors: Julia Tossetti, Elizabeth Hilbourn and Cinda Lohmann

Last week’s blog touched on the California Low Carbon Fuel…

Published on Tuesday, June 30 2020
Authors: Julia Tossetti and Sam Davis

Despite the pandemic, interest in renewable fuels continues to grow. …

Published on Tuesday, June 23 2020
Authors: Robert Auers

For the past two weeks, we have been discussing the…

Published on Tuesday, June 16 2020
Authors: By Robert Auers and John Auers

Last week in this space, we provided our latest view…

Published on Tuesday, June 9 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

Six weeks ago, we published a blog entitled “Up Around…

Published on Tuesday, June 2 2020
Authors: Sam Davis and John Auers

We continue our blog series from the past few weeks…

Published on Tuesday, June 2 2020
Authors:

Memorial Day has traditionally come to signify the end of…

Published on Tuesday, May 19 2020
Authors: Sam Davis and John Auers

In last week’s blog, we mentioned steps the integrated majors…

Published on Tuesday, May 12 2020
Authors: Sam Davis and John Auers

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact not only…

Published on Tuesday, May 5 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane and John Auers

In what was the most highly anticipated event to occur…

Published on Tuesday, April 28 2020
Authors: By Robert Auers and John Auers

As refiners looked toward 2020, many had dreams of growing…

Published on Tuesday, April 21 2020
Authors: John Auers and Robert Auers

Over the last two weeks, we have discussed how the…

Published on Tuesday, April 14 2020
Authors: John Auers and Robert Auers

Last week, we began our series analyzing how the collapse…

Published on Tuesday, April 7 2020
Authors: John Auers and Robert Auers

Last week, we discussed the challenges refiners are experiencing in…

Published on Tuesday, March 31 2020
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

The drastic lockdown measures being employed to stop the spread…

Published on Tuesday, March 24 2020
Authors: John Auers and Robert Auers

The COVID-19 pandemic and Saudi/Russia oil war has so dramatically…

Published on Tuesday, March 17 2020
Authors: By Robert Auers and John Auers

The dramatic events of the last week and a half…

Published on Tuesday, March 10 2020
Authors: Robert Auers

The past several years had already been a difficult period…

Published on Tuesday, March 3 2020
Authors: Sam Davis and John Auers

Continuing pipeline constraints out of Western Canada and the ensuing…

Published on Tuesday, February 25 2020
Authors: John Auers and Robert Auers

The early days of the new decade of the 2020s…

Published on Tuesday, February 11 2020
Authors: Sam Davis and John Auers

As fourth quarter and full year 2019 earnings season draws…

Published on Tuesday, February 4 2020
Authors: Sam Davis and John Auers

After a little more than a year into his presidency,…

Published on Tuesday, January 28 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane and John Auers

Leading up to IMO 2020 just about everyone predicted that…

Published on Tuesday, January 21 2020
Authors: Eamon Cullinane

IMO 2020 is finally here and the shift to low…

Published on Tuesday, January 14 2020
Authors: Sam Davis and John Auers

2020 is shaping up to be another year of volatility…

Published on Monday, January 6 2020
Authors: George Hoekstra, Hoekstra Trading LLC – Guest Writer

Mr. Hoekstra is a 45-year veteran of the petroleum industry,…

Published on Monday, December 30 2019
Authors: Robert Auers and John Auers

As we say goodbye to 2019 for the last time…

Published on Monday, December 23 2019
Authors: John R. Auers

With uncertainties and challenges looming in all corners of our…

Published on Tuesday, December 10 2019
Authors: By Robert Auers and John Auers

On the heels of last week’s OPEC+ meeting and the…

Published on Tuesday, November 26 2019
Authors: John Auers

As I was enjoying another college football Saturday this weekend,…

Published on Tuesday, October 29 2019
Authors: Ed Koshka and John Auers

Perhaps following the advice of their iconic rock band, Bachman…

Published on Tuesday, September 17 2019
Authors: John Mayes

Turner, Mason & Company will issue its latest edition of…

Published on Tuesday, September 3 2019
Authors: Eamon Cullinane and John Auers

We certainly hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing Labor…

Published on Tuesday, June 4 2019
Authors: Robert Auers

North American midstream investments are trying to keep pace with…