Downstream news updates

The company aims to help industrial operators in the maritime and oil and gas industries mitigate environmental harm.

Synova produces 20 000 tpy of recycled polypropylene for the automotive sector.

GlobalData forecasts global LNG regasification capacity to grow 43% between 2019 and 2023.

Nakilat has signed an agreement with McDermott to form a joint venture company providing offshore and onshore fabrication services in Qatar.

Burckhardt Compression Holding AG has appointed Rainer Dübi as the new President of the Services Division and a member of the Executive Board.

PEFTEC 2019 has been expanded to include a full Process Analysis Conference.

The 50:50 joint venture plans to invest around US$1 billion over the next six years in the Saudi fuel retail market.

Designed for oil and gas industry professionals, the GF620 camera detects and visualises invisible leaks of hydrocarbons, such as methane, and common volatile organic compounds.

The 2019 edition of BP’s Energy Outlook explores the key uncertainties that could impact the shape of global energy markets out to 2040.

The US Energy Information Administration has estimated that natural gas processing plant capacity increased by about 5% in the Lower 48 states on a net basis between 2014 and 2017.

Total, through its subsidiary Total Atlantic Trading Mexico, will have the largest capacity in this terminal, located on the shores of the State of Veracruz.

The project is Valvoline’s first plant in China. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in 4Q18.

SUEZ honoured a project at Federated Co-operatives Limited’s Co-op Refinery Complex (CRC) with the first-ever Resource Revolution Award.

Servomex, the global expert in gas analysis, has appointed three new Regional Sales Managers (RSMs) to its sales teams for the Americas and EMEAI regions. 

HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd has selected LyondellBasell’s Spheripol polypropylene process technology for a plant in Bathinda, India.

Nouryon has more than doubled capacity for emulsion-based organic peroxides at its site in Los Reyes, Mexico.

The latest innovations in the storage sector will be on show at StocExopo Europe.

After more than two years, Roll-Lift USA has concluded its work on the expansion of the LNG plant on Elba Island in Savannah, Georgia, US.

RIMS BV has received a further two certifications for the use of drones during surveys of enclosed spaces.

Frost & Sullivan analysis suggests that the use of Big Data technology in cybersecurity solutions will help enterprises prevent breaches.

The parties agreed on the commitment of a substantial part of the terminal capacity.

McKinsey Energy Insights (MEI)  has launched its 2019 Global Energy Perspective – highlighting various changes in the energy demand landscape.

Velocys has agreed a series of amendments in its licensing contracts with Red Rock Biofuels LLC.

Clariant has announced the successful performance of its StyroMax UL3 ethylbenzene dehydrogenation catalyst at a styrene monomer production facility in China.