Downstream contract news

Praxair, Inc. has expanded its long-term hydrogen supply agreement with Motiva Enterprises LLC for a refinery in Texas, US.

KBC has signed a consultancy agreement for the integration of oil refineries in China's Shandong Province.

Vitol has acquired Noble Americas for approximately US$400 million, completing a sale which was first announced in October 2017.

The acquisition sees Hexagon take on Industrial Business Solutions’ ContinuumEdge software.

SNC-Lavalin signs a master services agreement with a plastics, chemical and refining company in the Gulf Coast.

hte has tested the performance of commercial light cut naphtha isomerisation catalysts for an OMV refinery in Austria.

A new partnership between Koch-Glitsch and INVISTA Performance Technology aims to provide upgrade opportunities to improve bottom line.

Clariant and Sinopec have signed two key agreements to further their catalyst cooperation.

Noble Americas South Bend Ethanol has been purchased by Mercuria and renamed South Bend Ethanol.

Jacobs will provide EPCM services for the second phase of the Khazzan tight gas project in Oman.