Downstream news

Nikkiso Cryogenic Industries’ Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group has acquired the intellectual property to manufacture and assemble electric-mechanical actuators.

The EIA reports that heating and petrochemical demand in Asia have contributed to more US propane exports.

Technip Energies and Chiyoda have been awarded a major LNG contract for the North Field East Project in Qatar.

BP and Oxbotica have successfully completed an industry-first autonomous vehicle trial at the Lingen refinery in Germany.

Lummus Technology has announced an award for its Indmax Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) technology from a subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd.

The technologies will be used at Shandong Yulong's planned petrochemical complex in Longkou, Shandong Province, China.

Ok Kawang Engineering Co. (OKV), a Korean specialist valve supplier for the shipbuilding and offshore industry, is entering the US market.

Air Products has signed an agreement to provide its proprietary LNG technology, equipment and related process license and advisory services to the Energia Costa Azul (ECA) LNG export terminal project in Mexico.

Dan Williamson, a spokesman for the project, said that there were "very substantive conversations going on with a number of companies".

Six technology licence agreements for the gas chemical complex have been signed with Chemtex, Scientific Design, Versalis, Haldor Topsoe, Grace and Sinopec.