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

CVX's offshore zinc contamination disrupted Mars crude flows, forcing DOE action and roiling Gulf Coast refiners.

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

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

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

The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized the exchange of as many as 1M barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to ...

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

The U.S. Department of Energy has authorized the release of 1 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address ...

Zinc contamination in the Mars crude oil stream pushed down demand for the flagship U.S. coastal crude, slashing its prices on Tuesday, six traders and an industry source said.

BP announced it had capped its crippled underwater well that sent millions of barrels of crude gushing into the Gulf of ...

The start-up of an offshore well caused zinc contamination in Mars crude, Chevron said on Friday, leading to the tightening ...

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