Downstream news updates

Linde has announced it is advancing its partnership with Wanhua Chemical Group with an additional investment of €108 million in China.

Clariant has announced it is participating in the German Kopernikus initiative for advancing renewable energy.

The partners behind Pacific NorthWest LNG have announced that the project will not be moving forward.

Cosmodyne and UGI Energy Services have recently installed a LINEX natural gas liquefaction LNG plant.

Essar Projects India Ltd has announced the successful testing and commissioning of the Coke Drum Structure Package for Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd’s Kochi Refinery.

The Group clinched two WSH Performance Awards (Silver) for its successful development of effective safety and health management systems.

Sino Gas & Energy Holdings Ltd has announced the signing of a new gas sales agreement for the Sanjiaobei Production Sharing Contract.

Black & Veatch will deliver critical elements of India's first FSRU LNG import terminal.

SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a FEED conversion to EPC contract by Brahms Oil Refineries.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has signed an agreement with Seranco for 16 Clean Energy CleanCNG 2.0 300HP compressors.

Cielo has announced it is advancing in its construction of a garbage-derived feedstocks to renewable diesel refinery.

The Trump Administration has moved the proposed rule adding gas processing plants to TRI, to the inactive list so preventing its implementation.

Honeywell will provide detergent manufacturing technologies to the Farabi Petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia.

The Port of Corpus Christi has announced it has approved a lease agreement for 41 acres of the Inner Harbor with Howard Energy Partners.

The US EIA has announced that US weekly ethanol production averaged 1.02 million bpd through the first six months of 2017.

LyondellBasell has reached final investment decision (FID) to build the world's largest propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) plant.

Quanta Services Inc. has completed the acquisition of Stronghold, a specialised solutions provider to the downstream and midstream energy markets.

Wison Engineering has announced it has won an EPFC contract from Formosa Plastics in Texas, US.

CGG GeoSoftware has donated a full suite of its software technologies to the Petroleum Learning Centre.

Cyber crime costs the global economy more than US$400 billion per year, according to estimates by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.

Siam Cement has announced that its subsidiary will proceed with its investment in Long Son Petrochemicals Co. Ltd.

Svitzer has been awarded a contract to provide marine support services for Excelerate Energy’s FSRU project in Bangladesh.

The agreements with Evonik and thyssenkrupp will enable MOL to produce propylene oxide.

Chevron Phillips Chemicals has announced it has selected Audubon Engineering Solutions for a main contractor framework agreement.