Downstream contract news

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded with a global engineering services framework contract from BP.

New aerospace group SkyX has announced its plans to bring fully autonomous drones to the oil and gas industry.

CB&I has announced it has been awarded multiple petrochemical technology awards for a new plant in China.

Oiltanking North America LLC has announced the acquisition of approximately 89 hectares (220 acres) of waterfront and industrial land in Texas City.

Alfa Laval will supply its Packinox heat exchangers to a refinery in West Africa.

Matrix PDM Engineering has announced it has been awarded a significant scope on a cryogenic gas recovery plant in Grady County, Oklahoma, US.

Shell to fuel LNG-powered crude tankers

BP and DuPont's joint venture, Butamax, has announced the next step in the commercialisation of bio-isobutanol with its acquisition of an ethanol facility in Kansas, US.

MECS has announced it will supply technology and critical equipment for Codelco’s two new sulfuric acid plants.

Fluor has announced it has finished the construction of Dow Chemical’s ethylene production facility on schedule.