Downstream news updates

Nancy Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, analyses how the US oil market has recovered in a post-pandemic world.

Horizon Petroleum provides an operations update of its preparation for first production in Poland.

The first LNG cargo has been produced at the Corpus Christi Stage 3 export facility, Texas, US.

European Energy has commissioned the first methanol reactor at its Kassø Power-to-X-facility in Denmark.

Vopak has hosted its Capital Markets Day, the company reconfirmed its strategic priorities and announced €1 billion additional investments in gas and industrial infrastructure.

Planes at Cluj International Airport have begun to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) supplied by OMV Petrom.

HIF Global has been awarded the first US approval for e-fuels design pathway.

The Energy Information Administration has updated its forecast for 2025’s US natural gas prices and has revealed expectations for oil prices to decrease later in the year.

TMC Compressors has been chosen to deliver a large capacity marine compressed air system to an FLNG facility developed by Wison New Energies.

Baker Hughes and NextDecade have entered into a framework agreement for Rio Grande LNG Expansion Trains.

TotalEnergies and RWE have joined forces on green hydrogen to decarbonise the Leuna refinery in Germany.

Chart Industries has been selected by Blue Spruce Operating as the technology and equipment provider for its Dry Piney Helium and Carbon Sequestration Project.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd has acquired 100% of the membership rights of LBC Tank Terminals Group Holding Netherlands Coöperatief U.A.

SubTerra Engineering Corporation has announced the strategic acquisition of Cavern Solutions, Inc.

India needs US$4.3 billion in government support to enable CCUS adoption according to Wood Mackenzie.

With Petrobras technology, the Riograndense Refinery is the first to produce fuels with cellulosic content in Brazil.

Rely, a joint venture between Technip Energies and John Cockerill, and Verso Energy have signed a MoU, in view of the development by Verso Energy of seven e-fuel production plants worldwide.

The oil and gas sector, historically known for its reliance on traditional practices and heavy machinery, is undergoing a profound digital revolution.

VTTI and Pyrum have partnered to develop a waste tyres recycling thermolysis plant in Antwerp, Belgium.

A new record within Marathon Petroleum’s midstream segment, MPLX, has illustrated the ongoing growth and development of its natural gas and NGL services component.

TotalEnergies Corbion, provider of the world’s first commercially available recycled PLA, showcases its approach to sustainable plastics.

CMS has secured US$4.6 million project to repair various fuels facilities at Andersen AFB.

Ryan Kirkland, Donald Leigh, and Blake Soyars, Burns & McDonnell, suggest strategies companies operating in the US can deploy to help navigate BWON compliance programmes as federal agencies adopt new enforcement approaches.

Lummus and Resynergi have announced commercial availability of microwave-powered plastic pyrolysis technology.