1.   In addition, some refineries are starting to reduce operations -- meaning lower crude oil demand -- to perform seasonal maintenance, known as turnaounds.

2.   They look alike, they talk alike, and, at times -- when the refineries around them start smoking -- they even smell alike.

3.   A Nikiski refinery has started exporting gasoline to the Russian Far East.

4.   Czech refineries on Monday started testing a new oil pipeline from the German city of Ingolstadt, ending decades of dependency on Russia, the CTK news agency reported.

5.   In December last year, Czech refineries started testing a new pipeline from the German city of Ingolstadt, ending the dependency on Russia.

6.   Without an oil loan, the Energy Department said, the refinery would have started drying up as early as this weekend.