Downstream news updates

Ajith Muralidharan, Oil and Gas Consultant, explores what the construction industry needs to do to improve post-pandemic project performance.

Lummus Technology's Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Hengyi Industries for a large-scale polypropylene unit in Brunei.

Borealis has announced that its new naphtha cavern in Porvoo, Finland, has now been safely commissioned.

Chart Industries has announced its participation in a US Department of Energy project, Demonstration and Framework for H2@Scale in Texas and Beyond.

Preem has launched a new project to rebuild the Lysekil refinery to become Scandinavia's largest producer of renewable fuels.

The STRATCO alkylation unit at the Sinopec Qilu refinery in Zibo, Shandong Province, China, has successfully completed its performance test.

In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the US Energy Information Administration expects 5% more US propane consumption this winter compared with last winter.

Costain, in collaboration with the gas networks, has produced a feasibility study that will contribute to the ongoing assessments of the ability to use the existing UK gas transmission and distribution networks to transport hydrogen.

Biogest has received its second order to build an agricultural biogas plant for Morevim in Turkey.

Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has affirmed the suitability of the 5000 bpd Waltersmith Modular Refinery project for refining operations.

The consortium is to develop a two-stroke, ammonia-fuelled engine for maritime shipping.

A settlement amount of US$150 million will be paid by YPF to Exmar in consideration of the early termination of the agreements and withdrawing the arbitration proceedings.

The two companies have created a partnership for the supply of LNG as a marine fuel from the proposed Galveston LNG Bunker Port terminal project.

JERA Co., Inc. has started an LNG bunkering business in the Chubu region of Japan.

The new service aims to help operators enhance asset performance, eliminate downtime, and reduce maintenance costs.

Covestro has received a first delivery of 1000 t of renewable phenol from Borealis, produced with renewable hydrocarbons from Neste.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued a statement welcoming the release of the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Fuels Regulatory Streamlining Rule.

Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract for the supply of cargo handling and fuel supply system for two new Very Large Ethane Carriers (VLEC) being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries' (SHI) shipyard in South Korea.

The parties have agreed to develop products and technical solutions that will contribute to the efficiency of production, transportation, processing, refining and sales of hydrocarbons.

Wood Mackenzie’s 2020 Energy and Commodities Summit Asia Pacific edition recently started, with experts sharing their views on how the energy sector is changing in light of the oil price crash, COVID-19 and the latest carbon-neutrality trends.

NOVA Chemicals has said the sale of its expandable styrenics business to Alpek will allow it to focus on its olefin and polyethylene business.

BW LNG and Burckhardt Compression signed a 10 year service agreement covering nine LNG carriers with Laby®-GI Compressors on board.

Environment Protection Authority Victoria has granted Mobil Refining Australia Ltd permission to handle excess butane in alternative ways to allow it to continue to produce fuel at its Altona refinery.

On 22 October, Hydrocarbon Engineering will be hosting the Downstream Digitalisation 2020 online conference, covering the latest developments driving the digitalisation of the hydrocarbon processing sector.