France's Loire-Atlantique prefecture said in a statement on Thursday that a fire broke out at TotalEnergies' Donges refinery at 2.43 p.m. local time but was extinguished onsite by 4 p.m. It added that ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to rule on Friday on a number of the 195 pending small refinery exemption requests that date back as far as 2016.

The situation is emblematic of the challenges Berlin faces in dealing with Russian assets in Germany at a time when efforts to end the war in Ukraine are picking up pace.