Downstream news

ABB has entered a supply agreement with Citroniq to provide advanced automation, electrification, and digitalisation solutions for a 100% biogenic polypropylene facility in Nebraska, US.

On 25 August 2025, the Monday before Labour Day weekend, the retail price of regular gasoline averaged US$3.15/gal. across the US, 5% (or US$0.17 cents/gal.) lower than at the same time in 2024, the EIA has reported.

CTCI has announced that it was awarded an LNG terminal-related EPC contract to help CPC Corp. build regasification facility at Kaohsiung Intercontinental LNG Receiving Terminal in southern Taiwan.

Sempra Infrastructure and EQT Corp. have announced a SPA for the supply of 2 million tpy of LNG offtake from the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 development project in Jefferson County, Texas, US.

Borouge is set to collaborate with Yokogawa to conduct a proof-of-concept for AI-powered autonomous control room operations at Borouge’s Ruwais facility in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Five years after the COVID-19 national emergency was declared, gasoline demand, distillate demand, and jet fuel demand all remain less than pre-pandemic averages, the US EIA has reported.

Evonik has inaugurated its new world-scale alkoxides production facility on Jurong Island, Singapore – marking a major milestone in its global catalyst strategy.

KraussMaffei Extrusion has launched the new ZE Petrochemical (ZE-PC) series for industrial raw polymer production.

A major reconfiguration project is set to begin at ExxonMobil’s Baytown, Texas, US, complex that will increase the production of products like base stocks and diesel.

US jet fuel consumption growth has slowed in 2025, following a period of rapid consumption growth after 2020, as US air travel recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, the EIA has reported.