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Oil Refineries and Aramco FacilitiesHigh Oil Prices Set to Trigger New Wave of North Sea MergersWall Street Banks Raise Oil Price Forecasts as Supply Fears DeepenBodies Discovered After Rig Sinks Offshore GabonBiogenic CO2 sales could cut biomethane subsidy needs by a third, finds reportExxon, Chevron Executives Cancel Gulf Visit Over Security ConcernsOil Prices Head for Fourth Monthly Gain as Middle East Tensions EscalateBP Posts Highest Quarterly Profit in 18 YearsGreen Energy Stocks Decline Despite Sensex Gaining 0.4% On October 30VinEnergo Seeks Environmental Clearance For Two Floating Solar Projects Worth $418 Million In VietnamShumbasolve Launches 6.35 MW Solar Project At South Africa’s Highveld Industrial ParkVideo | “The next helium molecule doesn’t have to come out of the ground”Linde reports 15% growth in electronics end marketQatar becomes largest buyer of US LNG after back-to-back dealsQatar becomes largest buyer of US LNG after back-to-back dealsWUC Invites EOI for Floating Solar Projects Across Reservoirs And Dams In BotswanaCyberattack Forces 103 MW Huatacondo Solar Farm And Battery Storage Offline In ChileEurope to Release 42 Million Barrels of OilMexico’s Richest Man Sells $1.15 Billion in Oil StocksGame of Thrones actor aims to highlight Chernobyl’s need for international supportDoosan to manufacture upper reactor vessel for NuScale SMRCernavoda units remain shut down due to Danube water levelsFloating nuclear power plant ‘has boosted air quality’Framatome inaugurates chromium-coating facilitySinopec Third-Quarter Profit Jumps 64% as Oil Prices ClimbShell Profits Nearly Double to $10.8 Billion as Refining Margins Hit RecordTotalEnergies Profit Doubles as War Boosts Refining and TradingIran War Hikes EU’s Oil Import Bill By $11 Billion Per MonthUK National Grid to Extend France Power Link Operation to 2050Trafigura Signs New Gas Supply Deal with German SEFEDOE Closes $5.1B Loan Package for Alliant’s Iowa, Wisconsin Gas Power and Battery Storage BuildoutLinde raises helium prices in Q3Linde sees no near-term recovery in European industrial demandAI key driver of Air Liquide’s advanced materials growthEU Scrambles to Contain Energy Price Crisis Ahead of WinterEU Rules Out New Climate Finance Pledges at COP31Equinor Doubles Estimate for Major North Sea Gas DiscoveryWhat Would a Midterm Democrat Sweep Mean for USA Oil, Gas?Zimbabwe Clean Energy Week 2026 Draws Closer as Industry Leaders Prepare to Meet in Harare  KSERC Caps Short-Term Power Procurement At INR 8 Per Unit, Approves 164.16 MU In KeralaUPERC Approves 300 MW Round-The-Clock Renewable Energy Procurement For Noida Power CompanyAir Liquide weighs industrial restructuring as European chemicals struggleMalaysia’s 200 MW Chereh Floating Solar Project Advances with Construction Launch and MYR 580 Million FundingPVH Showcases AxoneDuo Infinity Solar Tracker at REI Expo 2026, Strengthens Engagement with Indian Solar Industry  Linde reports Q3 sales of $9.4bnHow Trump’s 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To Pilot India’s First 250 kW Sodium-Ion Battery Storage SystemGreen Climate Fund Approves US$140 Million For Green Hydrogen Projects In Namibia And South AfricaSECI Invites Bids For 4 MW Solar Project On Delhi-Saharanpur National HighwayOyster Renewable Lays Foundation Stone For Phase 2 Of Wind-Solar Hybrid Project In Madhya PradeshHERC Puts Eleven Power’s Distribution Licence on Hold Following Haryana Government Directive“India’s Energy Storage Market Is Set for Strong Growth Over the Next 3–5 Years”: William Gui, Sineng ElectricJSW Energy Approves Fundraising of Up to INR 11,000 Crore to Support 30 GW Capacity Target by 2030JSW Energy Reports 38% PAT Growth To INR 1,141 Crore In Q2 FY27 As Capacity Reaches 15,147 MWSECI Issues Tender For 4 GW/16 GWh BESS Projects In Rajasthan And Gujarat With VGFKaramtara Engineering Secures INR 1,199 Crore Orders Across Transmission and Renewable Energy BusinessesNLC India Renewables Secures 300 MW Wind Power Project In GujaratCERC Proposes HP-DAM Access For Pumped Storage Plants To Boost Grid FlexibilityAdani Wind Secures 696.2 MW Turbine Orders From Five Power Producers In IndiaShoto And ACME Complete Commissioning Of 100 MW/400 MWh Battery Energy Storage Project In RajasthanCEA Seeks Manufacturer Readiness Data For Advanced 400 kV And 765 kV Transmission TechnologiesZambia Targets 10,000 MW Power Generation Capacity By 2031 As Energy Reforms Boost GrowthIndia Highlights 308 GW Non-Fossil Capacity At Singapore International Energy Week 2026GE Vernova To Acquire Trench Group For $9 Billion To Expand High-Voltage Grid Equipment BusinessEquinor Raises Oil and Gas Output Forecast as Operating Profit DoublesKHNP ends negotiations with construction consortium for Czech unitsTurkish oil refiner to consider SMR deploymentWestinghouse to conduct key study for AP1000 in SlovakiaAntares, BWXT in TRISO fuel procurement dealGermany narrows search for radioactive waste repository locationPetroChina Q3 Profit Jumps to $7.78 BillionBahri 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Sun. Nov 1st, 2026

Lyondell to Lay Off 86% of Workforce at Shuttered Houston Refinery, Filing Shows

(Reuters) – Lyondell Basell Industries’ will lay off 345 workers, or 86% of the workforce, at its shuttered Houston refinery on April 17, according to a filing with the Texas Workforce Commission.

There are around 400 Lyondell employees working at the 263,776 barrel-per-day Houston refinery. About 70% of them are hourly workers represented by the United Steelworkers union (USW).

Reuters reported on February 18 that Lyondell Houston refinery layoffs were expected to begin in mid-April.

A Lyondell spokesperson said the company had no further information to share, beyond what was discussed during its fourth-quarter earnings call.

The workforce reduction comes after Lyondell completed the shutdown of the Houston refinery earlier this month, people familiar with plant operations told Reuters.

Houston Refining is one of the largest refineries in the United States designed to process heavy-sulfur crude oil, according to the company.

Reporting by Georgina McCartney in Houston, Editing by Louise Heavens and Nia Williams

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