- Total plans to raise gasoline production at its 225 MBbl/d Port Arthur, Texas, refinery
- The company was forced to reduce production on the refinery’s gasoline-producing FCC unit on Monday due to the Colonial Pipeline outage
- Citgo’s Lake Charles, LA refinery also cut gasoline production due to the pipeline outage
- The Biden administration eased the century-old “Jones Act” to allow a foreign tanker to transport gasoline and jet fuel to the east coast
- The move was to address fuel shortages due to the Colonial Pipeline outage affecting the U.S. East Coast
- Colonial Pipeline Co. said that its system is 5.5 days behind its current schedule
- India’s top oil refiner is shopping for crude oil after a one-month hiatus
- Indian Oil Corp. has not bought oil since Mid-April, yet the company issued three purchase orders for cargoes. The company is seeking barrels for June and July loading
- The company may have delayed purchases to gauge demand for its products as the country deals with its COVID resurgence