Downstream news

Petrobras and SUEZ – Water Technologies & Solutions have signed a membrane supply contract for 15 FPSO platforms.

Shell Deutschland (Shell) has reached an agreement with Alcmene GmbH (part of the Liwathon Group) for the sale of its non-operated 37.5% shareholding in the Germany PCK Schwedt refinery.

According to EIA, as a result of several US refinery closures in 2020, US operable atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity dropped 4.5% to a total of 18.1 million bpd at the start of 2021.

The complex for processing ethane-containing gas (CPECG), under construction in the Leningrad Region, will drive an increase in Russia's share in the world oil and gas chemicals market from 2.5% to 6 – 7%.

The Ecoslops petroleum residues recycling (P2R) unit has started-up at the TotalEnergies La Mède platform in Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

Red Sea National Refining and Petrochemicals Co. (Red Sea Co.) has awarded Worley a services contract for a greenfield integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex in Egypt.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) has initiated China's first megaton carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) project, the Sinopec Qilu-Shengli oilfield CCUS.

SIAD Macchine Impianti has supplied two boil-off gas compressors to the first coastal storage facility built in the Mediterranean.

Oiltanking North America LLC (Oiltanking) has entered into a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) with ReGen III Corp. (ReGen III) to develop and operate logistics for ReGen’s used motor oil re-refinery production facility (the ‘re-refinery’) in Texas, US.

According to GlobalData, Africa is expected to register the highest refinery vacuum distillation units (VDU) capacity additions globally during 2021 to 2025, contributing around 33% of the total capacity additions by 2025.