American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement today on ...

The downstream segment encompasses refineries and petrochemical manufacturing facilities that process crude oil and natural gas liquids into finished products. There are 131 operable refineries in the ...

Chet Thompson became president and CEO of AFPM in May 2015. He leads a staff that advocates for petroleum refiners and petrochemical manufacturers before Congress and the Executive Branch on a broad ...

Many industry FCC incidents have occurred due to an inability to maintain proper safeguards that prevent mixing of air and hydrocarbon during standby operations. As an additional layer of protection, ...

Geopolitical conflicts, refinery outages, export restrictions and supply chain disruptions have reduced the world's ability to convert crude oil into usable fuels, even as global consumer demand ...

As we enjoy watching our favorite Olympic events and proudly tally Team USA medals, we can’t help but spot petrochemicals and their supporting role in the Games as well — in our athletes’ ...

The United States has the most complex and efficient refining industry in the world, but we also have less refining capacity than we used to. After more than two decades of growth in which the United ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement today in response to the Trump administration’s decision to issue a ...

In a recent post we reviewed refining capacity, which for the United States is the maximum volume of crude oil that all 125+ American refineries, combined, can process in a given day according to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) filed a lawsuit Friday in the DC Circuit court challenging the 2026-2027 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes finalized by ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson today issued the following statement on EPA’s actions to address the backlog of nearly 200 small ...

It may be second nature to people in our industries, but many Americans don’t realize that the “oil” industry is actually several different industries that work together to make the fuels and products ...