Downstream news

API has reported that the first four months of 2018 saw US petroleum demand average 750 000 bpd above the same period in 2017, despite higher prices.

The EIA reports that the US remains the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons.

Novvi and Chevron enter agreement to develop new renewable base oil technologies.

Eddyfi Technologies has launched the first standard pulsed eddy current array solution.

The pumps will be featured in the NETZSCH booth, number 1394, highlighting the capability to pump everything from light fuel oil to viscous asphalt.

Reuters is reporting the proposed US$44 billion Ratnagiri refinery on India’s west coast is running into substantial opposition from local farmers who are refusing to surrender their land.

The terminal, which is to be built at the Finnish port of Hamina by the technology group Wärtsilä will include a a 30 000 m3 LNG storage tank.

Alan Booth, currently a non-executive director of the company, has been appointed as Interim CEO and Executive Director, until a new CEO is appointed.

The very first Laby®-GI Compressor of Burckhardt Compression was used as a minimum send-out compressor.

MixCoat Flex can be used for coating applications in areas with limited accessibility for standard spray equipment, like tanks and bilges in marine applications, as well as stripe coating with a low pressure spray and for a variety of water/wastewater manhole applications.