Downstream news updates

Arcline has signed an agreement to acquire the Reciprocating Compression division of BHGE.

Opportune LLP has announced that Randy Osterberg has joined the firm as Managing Director.

Venture Global has secured binding commitments of over US$10 billion for its US$5.8 billion Calcasieu Pass LNG construction financing.

The outlook offers a perspective on how changes in global refining capacity, regulations and developing economies will affect refining utilisation.

The lubricant is specially formulated to operate with landfill and biogases containing high levels of corrosive materials.

Emerson has released a new guided wave radar level transmitter which allows for top liquid layer measurement, potentially increasing the efficiency of separators.

ExxonMobil, BASF, Aramco, and four other companies have signed an agreement to accelerate the development of open process automation systems.

GlobalData reports that China will drive global propylene industry growth between 2019 and 2030.

IndianOil has launched two new grades of engine oils for new generation petrol and diesel vehicles.

Axens has confirmed that its PolyFuel unit has been fully functional at the Petrobrazi refinery since April 2019.

The EIA reports that Iran is driving unplanned OPEC crude oil production outage to its highest levels since late 2015.

GlobalData reports that Brazil will lead global deployment of planned and announced FPSOs to 2025.

Nettitude, the research led cyber security services organisation of the Lloyd’s Register Group, has opened a new operation in Singapore.

Nayara Energy will use Grace polypropylene technology to produce phthalate-free homopolymers at the Vadinar Refinery in India.

Frames has designed and supplied an electrostatic colaescer for kerosene treatment to the Cepsa San Roque Refinery.

Petrofac has officially inaugurated its oil and gas construction skills training centre in Algeria.

SUEZ’s non-phosphate cooling water treatment has entered the market after a successful pilot at a large gas plant.

A new EPA ruling is set to expand the sale of 15% ethanol blended motor gasoline.

Wood Mackenzie has reported that LNG demand in South and Southeast Asia is to quintuple to 236 million tpy by 2040.

Tank Storage Asia 2019 has revealed that Vopak, Stolthaven Terminals & Sembcorp Solar and Oiltanking Asia Pacific will be among the organisations contributing to its conference programme.

The approval allows recently formed local entity, Sparrows Saudi Arabia LLC, to deliver its full portfolio of services to Saudi Aramco.

Odfjell Terminals Asia Holding has finalised the sale of its indirect 55% equity interest in Odfjell Terminals (Jiangyin) to Yangzijiang Shipbuilding.

Haldor Topsoe will build a 10 kg/hour methanol plant to demonstrate the company’s eSMR Methanol™ technology for the production of sustainable methanol from biogas.

OMV has decided to invest €64 million in the construction of an ISO C4 plant in Burghausen, Germany.