Downstream news
Gold H2 announces industry introduction of hydrogen-producing microbial technology
Gold H2 has announced that its Black 2 Gold Technology (B2G), its proprietary industrial biotech process that upgrades crude oil into biologically produced Gold Hydrogen®, is available to select oil and gas owners and operators for pilot demonstrations.
Air Liquide liquefaction technology selected by Stockholm Exergi
Air Liquide's innovative large-scale CO2 liquefaction technology, Cryocap™ LQ, has been selected by Stockholm Exergi, Stockholm’s energy company, to contribute to its Bio-Energy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project.
Aramco to buy stake in Air Products Qudra's blue hydrogen business
Aramco has signed definitive agreements to acquire an equity interest in the Jubail-based Blue Hydrogen Industrial Gases Co. (BHIG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air Products Qudra.
Circular economy not fulfilling promise
The circular economy has made disappointingly little impact on the global plastics industry in the last decade, reports Wood Mackenzie.
EIA: West Coast summer refinery margins decline despite reduced capacity
The EIA reports that this spring, California refinery crack spreads for gasoline and diesel dipped below average despite shrinking refinery capacity on the West Coast (PADD 5).
Can the oil and gas sector break its poor record on methane?
Mark Naples, Umicore Coating Services, considers how the integration of intelligent sensors into oil and gas production will be key to emissions reduction.
Report shows only 9% of top oil and gas companies report Scope 3 emissions from investments
New research from Clarity AI reveals only 9% of the top oil and gas companies report Scope 3 emissions from their investments, leading to discrepancies in portfolio carbon footprinting.
US production capacity for SAF to grow
Production capacity of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the US could increase from around 2000 bpd to nearly 30 000 bpd in 2024, reports the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
EIA: global trade in LNG continued to grow in 2023
LNG trade increased 3.1% globally in 2023, according to a recently released report from the International Group of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL).
Neste and Mitsubishi Corp. ink strategic partnership
Neste and Mitsubishi Corp. (MC) have agreed to establish a strategic partnership focusing on developing value chains for renewable chemicals and plastics for and with Japanese brands.