Downstream news

AkzoNobel has launched a training programme for coatings industry professionals.

Gevo has announced it has signed a definitive supply agreement with HCS Holding for the commercial supply of renewable isooctane.

Sulzer has appointed Jim Mugford as the Head of its electromechanical services business.

Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Group has announced that its propane dehydrogenation unit is using Honeywell UOP technology.

HIMA is now providing direct access to its solutions and services in the UK and Ireland.

NextDecade has appointed Societe Generale and Macquarie Capital as financial advisors for the Rio Grande LNG project.

Eka Software has announced it has formed a strategic alliance with Thomson Reuters.

Orbital Gas Systems has announced it has been awarded a further innovation contract for work in the UK.

Dow and DuPont have announced they received conditional approval from China’s Ministry of Commerce for their proposed merger of equals.

GPA Midstream has asked the EPA to withdraw its proposal adding natural gas processing facilities to the Toxics Release Inventory.