Downstream news
Yokogawa and Sphera to provide risk assessment, consulting services for plants
The go-to-market agreement will see Yokogawa offer Sphera’s services across the plant lifecycle.
Haldor Topsoe opens office in Indonesia
Indonesia’s demand for ammonia, methanol, and DME grassroots plants is expected to grow significantly in the future.
CARBIOS and KEM ONE sign letter of intent to implement PET biorecycling demonstration plant
The plant will be located in France’s ‘Chemical Valley’ and operated by CARBIOS.
AMETEK acquires Spectro Scientific
The fluid analysis instrumentation company joins AMETEK’s Electronic Instruments Group.
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods partner on sustainable RNG project
Waste methane will be captured from hog farms and converted into RNG.
hte equips IFPEN with high throughput technology for naphtha reforming applications
IFP Energies Nouvelles (IFPEN) has selected hte’s proprietary technology for catalytic naphtha reforming testing applications to speed up catalyst and process development.
Serinus Energy provides an update
Serinus Energy plc has announced an update in respect of its Romanian Operations.
EIA: High gasoline inventories help drive US refining margins to five-year lows
Flattening year-over-year growth in gasoline demand in the United States, combined with high levels of refinery output, have contributed to low or negative motor gasoline refining margins for refiners along the East and Gulf Coasts.
Par Pacific to acquire US Oil & Refining Co.
Acquisition connects assets in Hawaii, Pacific Northwest and the Rockies.
Ecopetrol to invest US$3.5 – 4 billion in 2019
Company’s downstream investment plan focuses on Barrancabermeja and Cartagena refineries.