Downstream news updates

EcoCeres Inc. has announced that it has attained certification under the RSB ICAO CORSIA scheme for SAF, a globally recognised standard aligned with CORSIA.

Kelton has announced two new contracts in the Middle East, totalling over US$1.3 million for an initial scope of work.

Calderys and Binzagr have entered into a strategic partnership that marks an important step in expanding Calderys' presence in the Middle East, through a brand-new refractory facility.

Samsung E&A has received a contract for Front End Engineering Design (FEED) of a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production plant in the US, marking its full-scale entry into the global clean energy market.

Aadam F. Aryan, Distillation Equipment Co. Ltd, discusses the effect of weeping on tray efficiency and outlines methods to reduce weeping and increase tray activity, thus improving tray efficiency and thereby reducing operating costs.

JERA Co., Inc. has announced the signing of its first long-term LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) to supply LNG outside Japan, with Torrent Power Ltd.

Fluor, with its Joint Venture partner JGC Corp., has completed Train 2 of the LNG Canada Project, marking the completion of the first phase of Canada’s first LNG mega-project in Kitimat, British Columbia.

VTTI and Connex have announced that the Greenstock PreTreatment Facility at VTTI’s terminal in Amsterdam has entered the FEED phase.

Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens have announced significant advancements in the BioButterfly™ project which aims to produce bio-based butadiene from bioethanol.

Borouge and Borealis has announced the launch of Recleo™, a new global brand for mechanically recycled polyolefins suited for a broad range of polyolefin (PO) applications.

ExxonMobil, Aramco, and Samref have signed an agreement to evaluate a significant upgrade of the Samref refinery, in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, and an expansion of the facility into an integrated petrochemical complex.

The US Energy Information Administration has released the December Short-Term Energy Outlook.

VTTI B.V. has opened a market consultation for recovered carbon black (rCB) as part of the VTTI TyreLoop Antwerp project at its existing terminal VTTI Antwerp, Belgium.

Topsoe has been chosen to deliver its advanced solid oxide electrolyser cell technology to Carbon Neutral Fuel’s e-SAF project in Workington, UK.

EnerMech has secured a contract from Bechtel Corp. to deliver chemical cleaning services for Woodside Energy’s Pluto Train 2 LNG development in Western Australia.

Aster is set to expand capacity at the Bukom refinery, Singapore, with US$155 million rejuvenation drive for growth and supply resiliency with key projects planned.

The API has joined organisations representing ethanol producers, oil refiners, fuel marketers, travel plazas, truck stops, and convenience store retailers to express the need for long-term policy certainty across the fuel sector.

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd has partnered with Kanematsu Corp. to become the first Japanese oil refiner to begin supplying bio-blended fuel, a blend of heavy oil and FAME, to ocean-going vessels.

ERGIL has announced the successful engineering, design, and manufacturing of two internal floating roof (IFR) systems for Total Energies’ new storage terminal development in Equatorial Guinea.

ITT Inc., a provider of highly engineered critical components, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Lone Star Funds to acquire SPX FLOW, a provider of highly engineered equipment and process technologies.

DataPARC has announced a strategic partnership with Hitachi Systems to integrate dataPARC’s industrial data platform into Hitachi’s suite of digital manufacturing solutions.

Reganosa Servicios has been chosen by Squadron Energy to operate and maintain the onshore part of the Port Kembla Energy Terminal, New South Wales, Australia.

In the December issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Yoshito Sato, Yokogawa, details the collaboration between Shell and Yokogawa in machine vision and robotics.

Shell has signed a long-term agreement to purchase SAF from Green Sky Capital, which has contributed to providing commercial certainty for investors to move forward with plans to build a commercial-scale SAF plant in Egypt.