Oil major Exxon Mobil bought Mars crude for August delivery, two sources said on Wednesday, after briefly halting purchases ...

The contamination in the Mars crude stream had pushed Exxon ( XOM) to borrow as much as 1M barrels from the Strategic ...

ExxonMobil resumed purchases of Mars crude for August after halting due to zinc contamination concerns, with the U.S. DOE ...

Oil major Exxon Mobil told its trading counterparts that it will not buy the Mars crude oil grade until a zinc contamination ...

This issue has prompted the US Government to release barrels from its emergency stockpile to support regional refineries.

By bne IntelliNews A brief supply disruption related to a zinc contamination issue in the Mars crude stream appears to have been resolved. Citing two sources familiar with the matter, Reuters reported ...

Chevron Corporation CVX, a Houston, TX-based integrated oil and gas company, has confirmed that the recent start-up of an offshore well led to zinc contamination in the Mars crude oil stream, ...

US supermajor ExxonMobil is not buying any crude from the Mars stream in the US Gulf until a zinc contamination issue is ...

ExxonMobil is borrowing up to 1 million barrels of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve due to contaminated offshore ...

Exxon Mobil halts Mars crude oil purchases over zinc contamination. Learn how this issue impacts prices and production along ...

In September 2008, after hurricanes Gustav and Ike decimated Gulf communities, the DOE authorized an SPR exchange of nearly 5 ...