Downstream news

BASF has announced a strategic collaboration with International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) to accelerate the development of IFF’s Designed Enzymatic Biomaterials™ technology platform.

John Cockerill and Axens launch the NesaBTF™ torrefaction technology, a pretreatment solution for the renewable fuel chain BioTfueL® process developed by BioNext.

The API has urged congressional leadership to adopt a more balanced and up-to-date approach to E15 legislation, warning the current proposal no longer reflects today's fuel market realities.

Phillips 66 and Kinder Morgan Inc. have announced the commencement of a binding open season for transportation service on the Western Gateway Pipeline, a newly proposed refined products pipeline system for key downstream markets.

Wärtsilä has been contracted to deliver a biogas upgrading plant (PuregasCA) to Danish renewable energy solutions provider Bigadan AS.

Petrobras has signed a 6 million bbl oil sales contract with the Indian state-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. (HPCL ) on the 16 October 2025.

Ethiopian government officials have announced that the Gode Oil Refinery will be built in partnership with Golden Concord Group Ltd (GCL).

Lummus Technology and KazMunayGas (KMG) announced that the companies have signed a preliminary agreement to establish a digital centre of excellence in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.

RINA has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by PETRONAS for the southern onshore facilities of Malaysia’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) development.

Repsol has launched its own intelligent agent construction platform, highlighting the use of agent-based artificial intelligence (AI) and multi-agent systems.