Excess oil, fewer regulations, lower taxes and proximity to oil refineries helps keep prices lower in Texas than most of the ...
Fong and Assemblymember Stan Ellis, also a Bakersfield Republican, say the planned closures of two major refineries — the Valero plant in Benicia and Phillips 66 in Los Angeles — could reduce the ...
Venezuela’s foreign affairs minister denounced the seizure, calling it a “blatant theft” and “an act of international piracy.