Downstream news
BASF makes products with chemically recycled plastics
BASF has for the first time manufactured products based on chemically recycled plastic waste.
Albemarle’s ribbon cutting ceremony
This event celebrates the achievement of a major project that will provide customers with efficiencies and higher levels of productivity.
Long-term Montney gas processing agreement fills SemCAMS’ Wapiti gas plant
The take-or-pay agreement secures Montney gas for a 10-year term.
LCPI finds that Kalama methanol plant offers prospects of greenhouse gas reduction
Analysis published by the Low Carbon Prosperity Institute shows new industrial facilities can play an important role in a low-carbon future.
Absolute Air to build air separation plant in Minnesota
The plant will produce oxygen, nitrogen, and argon for use in customer applications such as metal fabrication, blanketing, purging, combustion, chilling and freezing.
Fulcrum BioEnergy to build waste-to-fuel plant in Indiana
Centerpoint BioFuels Plant will convert solid waste into low-carbon, renewable fuel.
Hifa Petrol acquires fifth liquid fuels terminal
The terminal in Ševarlije consists of a gas terminal and an oil terminal.
Vopak pilots drones and robots for tank inspection in Singapore
The initiatives tested include drone inspection, jetty inspection using an underwater ROV, digital vessel clearance tool and robots for in-service tank inspection.
Australia: in line with its discipline on capital allocation, Total reduces its stake in Ichthys LNG by 4%
Total has signed an agreement to divest a 4% interest in the Ichthys LNG project in Australia to operating partner INPEX for an overall consideration of US$1.6 billion.
For one week in November, the US was a net exporter of crude oil and petroleum products
During the week ending November 30, 2018, the United States exported more crude oil and petroleum products than it imported for the first time in weekly data going back to 1991.