Skip to main content
 

The latest downstream news

Aduro selects Saipem for HCT facility at Chemelot

Aduro Clean Technologies has announced the selection of Saipem for Early Works and Services supporting the development of Aduro's planned First-of-a-Kind Hydrochemolytic™ Technology Facility at Chemelot in the Netherlands.


Shell develop terminal expansion with Therma Cebu Energy

Shell Pilipinas Corp. is progressing with a terminal expansion in Cebu, strategically located in the Visayas, the Philippines, to strengthen the availability of energy products and enhance supply chain resilience.


 

 The Hydrocarbon Engineering Podcast

A podcast series for professionals in the downstream industry featuring short, insightful interviews. Subscribe on your favourite podcast app to start listening today.

Apple Podcasts  Spotify Podcasts  YouTube

 

 

Upcoming hydrocarbon events

 

2026 AFPM Summit

31 Aug 2026 - 03 Sep 2026

1501 Gaylord Trail
Grapevine, Texas, 76051, United States

GASTECH 2026

14 Sep 2026 - 17 Sep 2026

Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre: BITEC
88 Debaratna Rd, Bang Na Tai, Bang Na, Bangkok 10260, Thailand
 

 
 

AFPM: why fuel prices are not moving in lockstep with crude oil

The AFPM has gathered the following perspectives from analysts and reporters to help explain why fuel prices today are not moving in lockstep with crude oil prices, and why refining capacity has become one of the most important factors shaping what consumers pay at the pump.

 

Lessons learned

In the August issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Luis Alberto Torres-Morales, Jorge Luis Cabrera-Amador, and Leandro Ruiz-Ruiz, Braskem Idesa, alongside Ian Buttridge and David Lin, GTI Solutions, discuss how optimised demethanisers design can reduce methane slip and improve energy efficiency, with a particular focus on two retrofit projects.

 
 

Petrobras extends UTG Catu gas processing contracts

Petrobras, PetroReconcavo, Brava Energia, and Origem Energia have signed long-term contract addenda regarding access to natural gas processing at the Catu Natural Gas Treatment Unit, located in Pojuca, Brazil, and operated by Petrobras.

 

Downstream news Hydrocarbon news Hydrocarbon processing news Downstream oil and gas news Downstream magazine