Downstream news

The MultiPHLY hydrogen project has reached a milestone with the start-up of a multi-megawatt electrolyser at Neste’s refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Topsoe has been selected as technology provider by Sandpiper Chemicals LLC, for its new blue methanol plant in Texas City, Texas, US.

The value of all energy trade between the US and Mexico was estimated to be US$57 billion in 2024, down from nearly US$72 billion in 2023, according to data from the US Census Bureau, the US EIA has reported.

Green Carbon Development announced that it has selected Axens Vegan® technology for its upcoming renewable fuels facility.

Taiyo Oil Co., Ltd and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. have announced that they have started a collaborative study to expand the supply of chemically recycled products.

Berkshire Hathaway and Occidental have announced a definitive agreement for Berkshire Hathaway to acquire Occidental’s chemical business, OxyChem, in an all-cash transaction for US$9.7 billion.

Phillips 66 has provided an update on its progress toward idling operations at its Los Angeles refinery, US, in furtherance of the company’s efforts to redevelop these real estate sites.

Syensqo has announced a breakthrough in sulfone polymers innovations with the invention of a proprietary chemical recycling technology that depolymerises sulfone polymers to obtain purified raw material monomers.

Technip Energies has been awarded two engineering services contracts by Repsol for the development of the Ecoplanta project, a waste-to-methanol facility to be built in El Morell, Spain.

The HIF Haru Oni e-Fuels facility in Magallanes, Chile, has become the first facility outside the EU to receive certification for Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO).