Downstream news updates

OXEA Corp. has awarded Kent detailed engineering services for a major specialty chemicals project at its Bay City facility in Texas, US.

In the first half of 2026, Adriatic LNG was Italy’s third-largest source of natural gas imports, after the pipelines transporting gas from Algeria and Azerbaijan.

Johnson Matthey has completed the sale of its Catalyst Technologies business to Honeywell Technologies for an enterprise value of £1.325 billion on a cash and debt-free basis.

Asian LNG demand is heading for a second consecutive year of decline, reports Wood Mackenzie.

Valmet has received an order to deliver a Valmet DNAe Distributed Control System (DCS) for a CO2 liquefaction plant at Auris Energia’s biogas plant in Mäntsälä, Finland,

Crude oil inventories held at storage facilities in Cushing, Oklahoma, US, fell below 20 million bbl during the week ending 19 June until the week ending 10 July, according to EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

The transaction is expected to further strengthen ABB’s focus on electrification and automation and expand its offering for large and complex infrastructure and industries.

Kent has announced the signing of Long-Term Agreements and Project Management Consultancy agreements with Aramco, further establishing the company’s presence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Shell Bahamas Power Company Inc. has taken a final investment decision on an LNG regasification terminal in the Bahamas.

Emerson has introduced software that automates two of refining’s most time-intensive and margin-critical processes: crude scheduling and product blending.

RapiCure has announced that it has been selected by Chevron Technology Ventures for its Catalyst Program™ aimed at accelerating technology innovation within the energy sector.

Axens has announced the launch of the ERA project, France’s first industrial-scale SAF production unit based on advanced bioethanol.

Petroleum markets in 2Q26 were characterised by continued disruptions to international crude oil and petroleum product flows through the Strait of Hormuz, contributing to higher and more volatile crude oil prices through most of the quarter, the EIA has reported.

UNIMOT Paliwa imported a seaborne shipment of crude oil to Gdansk in July 2025, which will be transported from the Naftoport terminal to the PCK refinery in Schwedt, Germany, using PERN's pipeline infrastructure.

Emerson has helped Rompetrol Rafinare reduce distributed control system alarm volumes by more than 95% using DeltaV™ AgileOps operations management software at its Petromidia refinery in Navodari, Romania.

Topsoe and Sasol have signed a licensing agreement with Allied Biofuels to provide technologies for its eSAF and bio-based SAF production facility located in the Khorezm region of Uzbekistan.

Siemens Energy announces new independent brand name following spin-off from Siemens AG in 2020.

Glenfarne Group, LLC announced a US$500 million investment with lead investors being investment funds and accounts managed by global investment firm, HPS Investment Partners, a part of BlackRock.

Ferguson Enterprises Inc. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire FWI Holdings, Inc. (FloWorks), an industrial distributor and service provider of highly technical valves and flow control solutions, from Wynnchurch Capital L.P.

OMV has received a €450 loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the construction of its 140 MW green hydrogen production facility in Austria to significantly contribute to the decarbonisation of its Schwechat refinery.

INERATEC and Zeopore have collaborated to increase the efficiency of CO2-neutral fuels and support the competitive scale-up of sustainable fuel and chemical production.

After the war in the Middle East began, fuel prices at the pump surged in some countries and barely moved in others. The IEA offers commentary.

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition by Baker Hughes of Chart Industries, both headquartered in the US.

Technip Energies has awarded Yokogawa Corp. of America the role of main automation contractor for the Commonwealth LNG project.