Valero Energy Corp is preparing to restart its 380,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Port Arthur, Texas, oil refinery this week after shutting the plant on Tuesday following an explosion and fire the previous day, two people familiar with operations said.

Israeli official says EU sanctions reveal antisemitism hiding behind ‘socially acceptable mask’
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister accuses the EU of weaponizing a “socially acceptable mask” of anti-Zionism to target the Jewish state — after Brussels sanctioned Israeli