Downstream news

Yokogawa Electric Corp. have signed an agreement with ELES and Plinovodi, and to advance the nationwide hydrogen ecosystem in Slovenia.

Axens and Wison Engineering have signed an MoU to explore collaboration opportunities on global SAF and eSAF projects, including the Fischer-Tropsch pathway.

The US Energy Information Administration has released its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).

In this special report, Aashna Punwani, UptimeAI, discusses how AI tools can be used to speed up decision-making within refinery and petrochemical operations.

Emerson has announced updates to both its AMS 6500 ATG online protection system with embedded prediction and the AMS Machine Works asset health monitoring software.

Sapphire Gas Solutions has announced the acquisition of assets owned by Spectrum LNG, a leading small scale LNG producer.

Matrix Service Co. has announced that America First Refining has awarded the company the front-end engineering and design of the storage tank farm for AFR’s large scale refining facility in Brownsville, Texas, US.

Rompetrol Rafinare continues the strategic programme to modernise the storage infrastructure at Petromidia, Romania, through the capital rehabilitation and modernisation of five tanks with a direct impact on the refinery’s operational flexibility.

A joint industrial decarbonisation project from Shell, Schneider Electric, and Axens demonstrates how electrification, process technology and site integration can help reduce direct CO2 and NOx emissions from refinery heating.

Avantium N.V. has completed the commissioning of the purification unit at its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, the world's first commercial-scale plant for the production of furandicarboxylic acid.