Downstream news
Stanlow Terminals to provide tank capacity for new sustainable aviation fuel plant
Fulcrum BioEnergy and Essar have announced plans for a waste-to-fuel plant in the North West of England, with Stanlow Terminals Ltd providing product storage and logistics solutions for the project.
Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone of Nagapattinam refinery
A grassroots refinery with 9 million tpy capacity is to be set up at Nagapattinam by a joint venture between IndianOil and Chennai Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
Maire Tecnimont Group and Essential Energy USA Corp. sign MoU for renewable diesel biorefinery in South America
Subject to a final investment decision, upon operation the biorefinery will produce 200 000 tpy of renewable diesel from advanced bio-feedstocks.
Howard Energy Partners closes on acquisition of Javelina facility
Javelina is a treating and fractionation plant that extracts olefins, hydrogen, and NGLs from the gas streams produced by local refineries.
TechnipFMC completes spin-off
TechnipFMC has split into two independent companies: TechnipFMC and Technip Energies.
20% of Japan's refining capacity shut down by earthquake
As much as 743 000 bpd of oil-processing capacity has been idled, nearly 22% of Japan’s roughly 3.4 million bpd capacity.
JGC awarded contract for gas separation plant in Kazakhstan
In December 2020 JGC Corp. was awarded the FEED contract for a gas separation plant construction project being planned by KazMunayGas and its subsidiary, KLPE.
GEA to supply gas cleaning systems to two refineries in Spain
The gas cleaning systems were ordered by Compañía Española de Petróleos SA for their refineries in La Rabida and San Roque.
GlobalData: global oil and gas contracts saw relatively steady activity during 4Q20
Significant contracts in 4Q20 included Samsung Ingenieria Manzanillo and Asociados Constructores’ US$3.6 billion EPC contract for various units of Dos Bocas refinery project in Mexico; and Samsung Engineering’s US$1.07 billion contract for the provision of licensor, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (LEPCC) services for a methanol production facility in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.
API welcomes clean energy funding announced by US Department of Energy
The US$100 million announced under DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy programme aims to identify and help develop cutting-edge, innovative technologies needed to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.