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Under a long-term agreement with the Sempra Energy subsidiary, IEnova, Chevron will have storage capacity of 500,000 barrels of refined fuels and an option to acquire up to 25% of the equity in the Topolobampo terminal after commercial operations begin.

The Enhydra is the first aluminium-hulled, lithium-Ion battery plug-in hybrid vessel built in the United States.

Awarded by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s office, the grant funding will support two initiatives: $230,000 to support the creation of an Off-Shore Energy Centre and another $230,000 to support the establishment of an LNG Centre of Excellence.

The Unified Command at Port Reading, New Jersey, continues to respond to and clean up a diesel fuel oil spill that occurred on 6 September at the Buckeye Terminal.

The United States has filed a civil enforcement action against Azure Fishery LLC, the company’s managers, the operator of the commercial fishing vessel Jaxon T, and the new owner of the vessel for violations of the federal Clean Water Act.

Some 352,290 metric tonnes (mt) of marine fuel were sold at the Panama Canal in July - 22,643 mt more than the 329,647 mt sold during the same month in 2017.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) is responding to a diesel fuel spill that occurred in the Arthur Kill Waterway near Port Reading, New Jersey, Thursday night.

Glencore-owned Inatech has adapted its core oil-trading product, Techoil, to meet the specific requirements of oil trader PDI, which includes catering to wholesaler distribution of gasoline and refined and renewable fuel products through ‘rack marketing’.

On 23 August, 2017, the Gracie Claire, which was moored on the Lower Mississippi River in Venice, Louisiana, began to slowly list to starboard while taking on fuel and water.

The Coast Guard and Texas General Land Office are responding to a fuel spill after an accident involving the towing vessel Savage Pathfinder and the motor vessel Endurance at Dock 4 near Port Arthur, Texas, Wednesday evening.