Week in focus: Murphy Oil to unload refining business, COP to mothball or sell German plant.

摘要

US Murphy announced on July 22 that it plans to sell its three refineries in order to focus on its US retail and upstream sectors. The plants, which have a collective capacity of 280K b/d, are located in Meraux, Louisiana (US); Superior, Wisconsin (US); and Milford Haven, Wales (UK). Murphy, which does not plan to close any of the plants, also intends to divest its retail network in the UK. The city council of Pembrokeshire, where the Milford Haven refinery is located, said the move was "of great concern," as the plant would be the second in the city to be put up for sale this year. Currently, six of the UK's nine refineries are for sale. "If all the refineries in the UK were to close, the national UK government would have a major strategic problem over the security of the country's oil supplies," the council stated.