Downstream news

Sulzer Chemtech has renewed and extended its licensing agreement with Shell Catalysts & Technologies for the development and distribution of high-capacity tray and phase separation technology.

The Société Ivoirienne de Raffinage (SIR) will use Honeywell UOP Distillate Unionfining™ technology to produce diesel that complies with both AFRI 6 and Euro-V emission standards.

Haldor Topsoe has announced that it will build a 15 000 tpy hydroprocessing catalyst plant at the company’s existing Bayport production site in Texas, US.

Wood has announced that it has become a steering member of the Hydrogen Council, a group of leading companies working together to ensure hydrogen plays a key role in accelerating the energy transition and the journey towards a low-carbon future.

Air Liquide, Borealis, Esso SAF, TotalEnergies and Yara International ASA have signed an MOU to develop a CO2 infrastructure including capture and storage to help decarbonise the industrial basin located in the Normandy region, France.

The new partnership Aegis Vopak Terminals Ltd will operate a network of eight terminals that are located in five strategic ports along the east and west coast of India.

During the first six months of 2021, 120 million t were transhipped through the Port of Antwerp, an increase of 5% compared with the same period last year, despite the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

ESAI Energy reports on how China’s Shandong Province is retiring 500 000 bpd of refining capacity in 2020 - 2022 and another 500 000 bpd after 2022.

Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Co. FZE (BPGIC) has signed a refinery agreement with an oil trading company for a 25 000 bpd modular refinery.

INEOS Chemicals Grangemouth, INEOS FPS and Petroineos, have signed an MOU with the Acorn CCS Project to develop Scotland’s first carbon capture and storage system by 2027.