Downstream news updates

Perpetual Next USA is set to develop an additional three biomass-to-biomethanol production facilities in the Southeastern US, with each facility designed to process approximately 1 million tpy of sustainably sourced biomass feedstock.

Yokogawa has announced that it has increased its investment in Semantum Oy, a company that provides digital solutions in areas such as industrial plant data modelling, simulation, optimisation, and engineering automation.

Lummus Technology has announced a strategic investment in InnoVent Renewables to accelerate deployment of its proprietary tyre recycling technology.

Shell Polymers has introduced its new line of Advanced Chrome Catalyst grades, produced using gas-phase chrome catalyst technology.

Port of Gävle has signed a new 25-year agreement with Inter Terminals, increasing long-term stability and Inter Terminals transition towards fossil-free operations through the storage of SAF at the Port of Gävle, Sweden.

Emerson has enhanced its DeltaV™ Automation Platform through the release of version 16 of its distributed control system (DCS) and integrated safety instrumented system.

Research by the IEEFA shows the EU’s rising reliance on US LNG has created a potentially high-risk geopolitical dependency and could cause it to miss its gas demand reduction commitments.

In the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA forecasts that retail US gasoline prices will be lower in the next two years than in 2025, falling 6% in 2026 and then increasing 1% in 2027.

Traditional sulfiding agents pose operational challenges as well as health and safety risks for operators in the sulfiding process. Jennifer Jackson, Lubrizol, USA, considers how alternative agents may provide a better solution for refiners.

ADNOC Gas plc and its subsidiaries have announced the signing of a sales and purchase agreement valued at between US$2.5 - 3 billion for a period of 10 years with Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

Engineers India Ltd (EIL) has partnered with the Dangote Group as the PMC and EPCM consultant for the 650 000 bpd Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Complex.

Orlen are set to build a 40 MW solar project in the immediate vicinity of Orlen’s production plant in Plock, Poland.

AFPM has issued a statement on draft text from the House Energy and Commerce Committee which would implement reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

A wave of new LNG supply could reverse a decade of European industrial decline, cutting annual energy costs by €39 billion by 2032 according to Wood Mackenzie's latest Horizons report.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) recently convened its annual State of American Energy event, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers and market analysts to examine the forces shaping the US’s energy future.

VARO Energy has announced that it has completed the Preem AB acquisition, marking the delivery of VARO Energy’s 2022 ONE VARO Transformation strategy by creating VAROPreem.

L&T Onshore has won a large order from Petronet LNG for the construction of additional storage at the Dahej Petrochemical Complex in Gujarat, India.

In the latest issue of EnviroTech (a supplement to Hydrocarbon Engineering), Nicolas Carrara, Juan Ruiz, and Carlos Ruiz, KBC (A Yokogawa Company), explore the challenges of industrial scale deployment of green hydrogen and how advanced technologies can help operators to cross the chasm.

Ammobia has raised US$7.5 million to scale its low-cost ammonia production technology which has the potential to be critical to energy resilience.

Econotherm has announced that it has been awarded a contract exceeding €3 million for the supply of three fired heater air pre-heaters in a Rotterdam-based refinery, the Netherlands.

TotalEnergies and Bapco Energies have launched BxT Trading, an equally owned trading joint venture backed by flows from Bapco Energies’ Refinery.

EIA expects that the US benchmark natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub to decrease about 2% to just under US$3.50 per million Btu in 2026 before rising sharply in 2027 to just under US$4.60 million Btu.

Aether Fuels has announced new leadership appointments and US$15 million in additional funding that will help accelerate the company’s momentum toward full commercialisation.

CB&I has been awarded a contract by We Energies to design and build a full-containment LNG storage tank for a peak shaving facility in Wisconsin, US.