Downstream news
ADNOC Sour Gas installs remelter facility at sulfur granulation station
New facility aimed at maximising sulfur recovery otherwise lost during normal transportation operations.
Enterprise to expand Mont Belvieu NGL fractionation capacity
Complex will receive a 150 000 bpd expansion to its NGL fractionation facilities.
ExxonMobil starts delayed coker unit at Antwerp refinery
Unit will convert heavy, higher sulfur residual oil into marine gasoil and diesel.
European Commission approves support for Lithuanian LNG terminal
The Commission has approved the compensation granted by Lithuania to LITGAS under EU State aid rules.
Air Products to build two ASUs for coal gasification facility
Air separation units at the Tennessee facility will be owned and operated by Air Products.
Product markets will undermine crude, says ESAI Energy
Latest report asserts that global oil supply/demand will be generally balanced in 2019, but product market weakness will build in 2020.
Investment in safety essential
Investment in front-line oil and gas safety should be reviewed following cost cutting, according to Sofiyan Yahya, Founder and Advisor to MOGCS.
McDermott to divest storage tank business
Portfolio review concludes that McDermott’s storage tanks and pipe fabrication businesses are not core to its strategic objectives.
TechnipFMC signs refinery expansion contract with MIDOR
TechnipFMC will undertake EPC work at MIDOR’s existing Egypt refinery.
Port of Corpus Christi and Carlyle to develop crude oil export terminal
Project would create first onshore location in the US Gulf capable of servicing fully laden very large crude carriers.