Downstream contract news

Chart Industries Inc. has announced that it has received all regulatory approvals required to close the acquisition of Howden from affiliates of KPS Capital Partners LP.

Targray has announced the opening of two new biodiesel terminals in Oregon, US.

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with Oman LNG for the purchase of 0.8 million tpy of LNG over a period of 10 years starting from 2025.

Atlas Copco Energas GmbH and STRABAG Umwelttechnik GmbH have agreed on an extensive cooperation in the area of industrial and high-performance heat pumps.

Maire Tecnimont has been granted a FEED contract by African Refineries Port Harcourt Ltd for a 100 000 bpd refining plant.

Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemical Co. (ANRPC) will upgrade its existing naphtha complex using Honeywell UOP engineering services.

The companies will use their combined experience to work on CCUS development and hydrogen production in an effort to accelerate global decarbonisation.

Around 110 000 tpy of fossil-based ingredients will be substituted with renewable carbon sources using BASF’s certified biomass balance approach. The measure will ramp up quickly and avoid around 200 000 t of CO2 emissions in total.

The EU Fund announced a grant decision of €88 million to Neste’s clean hydrogen project in Porvoo, Finland.

The agreement, which was signed in October 2021, has now been approved by regulatory authorities.