American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement today on ...

The downstream segment encompasses refineries and petrochemical manufacturing facilities that process crude oil and natural gas liquids into finished products. There are 131 operable refineries in the ...

Chet Thompson became president and CEO of AFPM in May 2015. He leads a staff that advocates for petroleum refiners and petrochemical manufacturers before Congress and the Executive Branch on a broad ...

We make the reliable fuels that keep our nation moving forward and support policies that enable affordable transportation options that meet the needs of Americans.

AFPM employees combine both in-office and remote work into their schedules using up to 6 remote workdays a month. Only local candidates will be considered at this time. American Fuel & Petrochemical ...

The AFPM Environmental Conference program focuses on regulatory and policy issues at the plant level. Environmental representatives from refinery and petrochemical plants and service organizations ...

Walk the Line is about providing operators with the tools they need to understand the current operating state of the plant. Those tools are bundled into three pillars of Walk the Line: Operating ...

The purpose of the AFPM Training Forum is to bring together professionals with training responsibilities to exchange insights and best practices on industry training and safety. The forum fosters a ...

The fuel and petrochemical manufacturing industries have come a long way from the simple thermal stills used to create kerosene in the 19 th century to today’s sophisticated, high-tech and complex ...

In a recent post we reviewed refining capacity, which for the United States is the maximum volume of crude oil that all 125+ American refineries, combined, can process in a given day according to ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson issued the following statement today in response to the Trump administration’s decision to issue a ...

From June 1 to September 15 every year, nearly all gasoline sold in the United States is required to be a “summer” gasoline which is different in a few key ways from the gasoline sold during the rest ...