Downstream contract news

Yokogawa Electric Corp. has announced the development and release of OpreX TM Robot Management Core, a software application in the OpreX Asset Management and Integrity family.

Clariant and its process partner, Lummus Technology, have been selected by Huizhou Boeko Materials Co. Ltd., to provide their CATOFIN catalyst and process technology for the dehydrogenation of isobutane at the new plant.

As part of its Fairway Methanol JV with Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Celanese Corp, has announced that the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) has certified its low-carbon CCU methanol.

Fortescue, with the support of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), has successfully conducted the world's first use of ammonia, in combination with diesel in the combustion process, as a marine fuel.

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. has announced its strategic investment and partnership with Jet Zero Australia.

XPO has confirmed its latest partnership with TotalEnergies after winning the business through a competitive tender process.

Air Products Canada Ltd. has awarded Worley an agreement to provide procurement, fabrication and modularisation services for its Net-Zero Hydrogen Energy Complex in Canada.

Emerson has been selected by multinational chemical company LyondellBasell to modernise control systems and software at its Wesseling complex in Germany.

The EIA reports that since early January 2024, US refinery utilisation has decreased 11%.

StormFisher Hydrogen has secured a US$30 million investment from ARC Financial Corp.