Refining

Chart Industries Inc. has announced that its shareholders have voted to approve the company’s acquisition by Baker Hughes.

Crude oil prices were relatively stable in the 3Q25, ending the quarter just US$0.09/bbl less than they started, while refinery margins increased to their highest levels so far in 2025, the EIA has reported.

Dow and MEGlobal have finalised an agreement for Dow to supply an additional equivalent of 100 000 tpy of ethylene from its Gulf Coast operations, US.

The MultiPHLY hydrogen project has reached a milestone with the start-up of a multi-megawatt electrolyser at Neste’s refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Topsoe has been selected as technology provider by Sandpiper Chemicals LLC, for its new blue methanol plant in Texas City, Texas, US.

The value of all energy trade between the US and Mexico was estimated to be US$57 billion in 2024, down from nearly US$72 billion in 2023, according to data from the US Census Bureau, the US EIA has reported.

Phillips 66 has provided an update on its progress toward idling operations at its Los Angeles refinery, US, in furtherance of the company’s efforts to redevelop these real estate sites.

Aramco, Honeywell, and KAUST have signed a joint development agreement to develop technology to advance the capabilities of crude-to-chemicals, Saudi Arabia.

Cerilon has announced the signing of a binding offtake agreement with Pembina for naphtha from its gas-to-liquids (GTL) project under development in Williams County, North Dakota, US.

thyssenkrupp Uhde has commissioned the start-up of a hydrogen recovery unit (HRU) at the Fertil plant in Ruwais, UAE, owned by Fertiglobe.

Synthomer and Lummus Technology have announced the launch of a new partnership to license Synthomer’s proprietary acrylic acid esters technology.

ABB has launched the GCP100 gas chromatograph for cybersecurity and real-time analysis of complex gas mixtures in the natural gas, biogas, oil, and petrochemical industries.

The EIA expects US total distillate inventories will end 2025 and 2026 at lower levels than previous years because of significant inventory draws in 2025, strong export demand, and domestic production declines.

Wood Mackenzie has disclosed that oil and gas companies need to brace for a tough 2026 as capital budgets fall and low-carbon spending faces further cuts.

Zeopore delivers semi-industrial volumes to world-leading catalyst manufacturer, underlining commercial traction and potential for multi-year offtake agreements.