
LNG contracting off to a fast start this year
Demand for long-term LNG contracts continues to gain momentum this year as large volumes have been signed and prices for oil-linked deals under negotiation are rising, reports Wood Mackenzie.
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Demand for long-term LNG contracts continues to gain momentum this year as large volumes have been signed and prices for oil-linked deals under negotiation are rising, reports Wood Mackenzie.

Shell has deployed the OSDU Data Platform – a cloud native, open-source technology which provides the energy industry a toolbox to address the undifferentiated capabilities needed to manage large disconnected data sets.

Refiners and petrochemical manufacturers are consistently ranked in the top industries for safety out of more than 500 US manufacturing industries.

TA’ZIZ has announced that Shaheen will join the proposed TA'ZIZ and Reliance joint venture that will construct and operate a world-scale EDC and PVC facility at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The companies have signed an MoU aimed at strengthening cooperation across crude oil sourcing and the marketing of refining and petrochemical products and LNG in Thailand.

Chevron Corp., through its subsidiary Chevron New Ventures Pte. Ltd., and Indonesia’s PT Pertamina (Persero) have announced a partnership to explore potential lower-carbon business opportunities in Indonesia.

Shell Overseas Investments B.V. and B.V. Dordtsche Petroleum Maatschappij have signed an agreement to sell Shell Neft LLC, which owns Shell’s retail and lubricants businesses in Russia.

Prof. Juergen Peterseim and Dario Galvan, PwC Germany, detail how to turn the hydrogen debate into tangible market growth.

The EIA forecasts that US refinery utilisation will reach as high as 95% on a monthly average basis this summer in response to high product prices and crack spreads for gasoline, distillate fuel oil, and jet fuel.

Cyclyx International, a consortium-based post-use plastic innovation company with a mission to increase the recycling rate of plastic, has announced that Velcro Companies has joined Cyclyx as the newest member of the consortium.

Technip Energies and Saulsbury Industries have been awarded an EPC contract for carbon capture and storage at ExxonMobil’s LaBarge facility in the US.

Phillips 66 has made a Final Investment Decision (FID) to move forward with Rodeo Renewed, the project to convert its San Francisco refinery in Rodeo, California, US, into one of the world’s largest renewable fuels facilities.