Downstream news

DTN releases tools that are aimed at supporting downstream oil and gas automation.

According to a GlobalData report, merger and acquisition deals in the downstream sector totalled $21.1 billion in 2H17, down from $26.2 billion in 1H17.

Pemex is seeking bids for the rehabilitation of the H-Oil plant in the Miguel Hidalgo Refinery.

SOCAR Turkey Energy has selected an Axens technology for use at a future petrochemical site in Turkey.

Seven firms have submitted bids to buy a majority stake in Zambia's Indeni Petroleum Refinery.

TechnipFMC has confirmed that a hydrogen plant utilising its technology is now in full operation.

The EPA has proposed amendments to the Petroleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS).

Petrofac will undertake an engineering, procurement and construction project for Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd's sulfur recovery unit in Visakhapatnam.

Analysis of planned refinery FCC unit capacity suggests that the Ratnagiri refinery in India has the highest planned FCC capacity globally.

Kuwait Petroleum Corp. has selected Jacobs to conduct a pre-feasibility study for the expansion of local refining capacity.