Downstream news

India is likely to start the operations of 281 petrochemicals projects from 2021 to 2025, according to GlobalData.

Joint research conducted by the World Petroleum Council and Boston Consulting Group suggests that the percentage of women working in oil and gas has stalled at 22%, but the industry has strengthened its commitment to act.

DuPont Clean Technologies has announced that the STRATCO alkylation unit at the Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd refinery has successfully started up.

The EIA reports that US LNG export capacity will be the world’s largest by the end of 2022.

Tim Bruewer, Watlow, outlines how switching to electric process heaters can help companies in the energy sector take another step towards reducing their overall carbon footprint.

The companies have signed an agreement to discuss capacity rights for Viva Energy’s proposed LNG regasification terminal in Victoria, Australia.

CVR Energy will study the use of Honeywell UOP single-stage Ecofining technology to convert locally sourced sustainable feeds into renewable diesel fuel.

Saudi Aramco Technologies Co. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd have formed a technology partnership with Axens.

Baker Hughes has been awarded a contract by Bechtel to provide high-efficiency gas turbines and centrifugal compressors to support the expansion of the Pluto LNG onshore processing facility.

New research from ICIS has revealed that almost half of firms in the energy sector believe that ESG disclosure regulations pose the biggest environmental impact related regulatory risk.