Downstream news

Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan Inc. have announced the commencement of a binding open season for transportation service on the Western Gateway Pipeline, a newly proposed refined products pipeline system for key downstream markets.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver a biogas upgrading plant (PuregasCA) to Danish renewable energy solutions provider Bigadan AS.

Petrobras has signed a 6 million bbl oil sales contract with the Indian state-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. (HPCL ) on the 16 October 2025.

Ethiopian government officials have announced that the Gode Oil Refinery will be built in partnership with Golden Concord Group Ltd (GCL).

Lummus Technology and KazMunayGas (KMG) announced that the companies have signed a preliminary agreement to establish a digital centre of excellence in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

RINA has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by PETRONAS for the southern onshore facilities of Malaysia’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) development.

Repsol has launched its own intelligent agent construction platform, highlighting the use of agent-based artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-agent systems.

In the October issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Nancy D. Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, explores the market turbulence across the global oil and gas industry, considering the effects for major producers and refiners in the Middle East.

Cognite has announced that the Cognite Industrial AI and Data Platform, is now integrated with NVIDIA accelerated computing and software to unlock efficiency, intelligence, and innovation for asset-heavy industries.

LNG exporters in the US have announced plans to more than double US liquefaction capacity, adding an estimated 13.9 billion ft3/d between 2025 and 2029, according to the EIA.