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testing amine degradation products and MOFs for CO2 captureVideo | Is iridium supply a bottleneck for PEM electrolyses?Oil Could Enter Red Zone by July/August: IEAUK Adds New Tax Pressure as Energy Security Concerns GrowOil Prices Rise as Traders Grow Skeptical of U.S.-Iran DealHelium to be placed on Tanzania critical and strategic minerals listOil Prices Rise As Iran Draws Red Line on UraniumUS Keeps Dakota Access Pipeline Open With Tighter Environmental ChecksAmericans Brace for Pricey Summer Travel With Fuel Costs Near Multi-Year HighsAntares signs long-term HALEU supply deal with UrencoKursk II’s first VVER-TOI ‘has generated 2 billion kWh’Kazakhstan outlines localisation plansPodcast: Sustainability and the UK’s Low Level Waste RepositoryAtucha II granted 10-year licence renewalInside the Unraveling of U.S. Diplomacy Under TrumpUS Natural Gas Storage Capacity Rises in 2025, Says EIAConocoPhillips Says Venezuela’s Bid to Woo Oil Firms Falls ShortChina Raises Fuel Price Caps Again 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Tue. May 26th, 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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