Downstream contract news

Johnson Matthey (JM) has announced that DG Fuels has selected its award-winning Fischer Tropsch (FT) CANS™ technology – co-developed with BP – for DG Fuels' first sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant.

Burges Salmon has advised Eni on the grant by the Secretary of State for the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) of a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the HyNet carbon dioxide pipeline.

TotalEnergies and SONATRACH have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of concluding a hydrocarbon contract in the north-east Timimoun region, Algeria.

The EIA reports that US manufacturers specialising in chemicals and petroleum refining have traditionally accounted for the largest shares of both hydrogen consumption and production.

Neste and South Korean chemical company, Lotte Chemical, are teaming up to make chemicals and plastics more sustainable.

Chevron New Energies (CNE), a division of Chevron USA. Inc. has announced a lead investment in ION Clean Energy (ION), a company that provides post-combustion point-source capture technology.

Valmet has completed the acquisition of the Process Gas Chromatography and Integration business from Siemens AG.

SLB has announced an agreement to combine its carbon capture business with Aker Carbon Capture (ACC) to support accelerated industrial decarbonisation at scale.

NextChem Tech has been selected as engineering and technology partner for a new plastic upcycling project to be implemented in Modena, Italy, by Aliplast.

At Neste’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland, the preparations for the major turnaround taking place in April - June have begun with shutdowns of process units.