Downstream news

Trafigura has signed a long-term agreement to supply LNG to Korea Gas Corp.

High costs have kept green hydrogen projects from taking off, but new regulations in the EU’s refining sector offers a solution to launching carbon friendly technology at scale, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

Pengerang Terminals has signed a terminal usage agreement (TUA) with Pengerang Biorefinery to provide storage and handling facilities for its feedstocks and products.

The AFPM President and CEO has responded to the EPA’s actions to address the backlog of nearly 200 small refinery exemptions.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecasted that natural gas consumption in the US will increase 1% to set a record of 91.4 billion ft3/d in 2025.

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at considering comprehensive collaboration with Dangote Industries Ltd and the consulting firm AAIC Holdings Pte. Ltd.

thyssenkrupp Uhde has completed the pre front-end engineering design (FEED) phase for the Portland Renewable Fuels Project in collaboration with HAMR Energy, Australia.

Ketjen Corp. has launched SaFeGuard™, a new catalyst technology designed to address iron (Fe) poisoning in FCC units.

Sumitomo Chemical has constructed and begun operation of a pilot facility at the Sodegaura site of its Chiba Works, Japan, for its new proprietary process to produce propylene directly from ethanol.

Wood is set to provide project management consultancy (PMC) services to develop Turkey’s largest polypropylene plant and associated terminal facility as part of the Ceyhan project.