Downstream news

PKN Orlen is shifting focus to building clean energy sources rather than oil refining.

MOL has opened a new R&D centre in Százhalombatta, Hungary, to develop polyol products that meet the needs of customers.

Pilipinas Shell has opened another import facility in Subic to strengthen its supply chain to the northern parts of the Philippines.

Samsung Engineering will build a 5000 tpd methanol production facility in Bintulu, Sarawak, eastern Malaysia.

TechnipFMC has an EPC contract with Assiut National Oil Processing Co. (ANOPC) for the construction of a new hydrocracking complex for the Assiut refinery in Egypt.

Arcanum Infrastructure LLC and Axens NA Inc. have announced the successful ongoing operations and production of 1-Butene at Raven Butene-1 LLC.

The Naantali refinery is due to close by the end of March 2021.

Sadara Chemical Co. has announced that it has satisfied all of the requirements originally laid out in the project financing agreements with its lenders.

Fintan Duffy, Re-Gen Robotics, Northern Ireland, explanis how robot technologies can allow for a safer, cleaner and more efficient alternative to 'man entry' tank cleaning.

Alstom will supply six hydrogen fuel cell trains, with the option for eight more, to FNM (Ferrovie Nord Milano).