A biofuels company that benefited from nearly $1 million in grants from Minnesota taxpayers says it's ready to build two plants to turn wood chips into ethanol -- in Michigan and Alberta. Just nine months ago, Mascoma Corp. told Minnesota officials that

California-blend gasoline in Los Angeles tumbled by the most in three months after Valero Energy Corp. (VLO) started a crude unit and a coker at the Wilmington refinery in Southern California following maintenance. Carbob in Los Angeles (MOGLDB85) fell f

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Los Angeles-market gasoline climbed on Friday due to a fire at a Utah refinery and the speed of a restart at a Los Angeles refinery, traders said. February unleaded, ethanol-blend CARBOB gasoline rose 5.5 cents to finish at 33.5 cents

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp on Friday said the crude distillation unit and delayed coking units have restarted and were increasing rates at its 80,887 barrel-per-day refinery in Wilmington, California. "Other units at the refinery have not begu

Valero Energy (NYSE: VLO) was downgraded by analysts at UBS AG (NYSE: UBS) from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday. Separately, analysts at Credit Suisse (NYSE: CS) cut their price target o

Feb 17 (Reuters) - Valero Energy Corp reported hydrogen sulfide and sulfur dioxide emissions at its 287,000 barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery after a wet gas compressor (WGC) tripped, causing the coker to flare on Thursday, according to a filin