Downstream news

ExxonMobil plans to invest US$20 billion to expand manufacturing in the US Gulf Coast region.

MMEX Resources has announced its plans to build a US$450 million refinery in the Permian Basin.

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has announced its operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2016.

Mediated talks have broken off at the Co-op refinery complex after Unifor refused to let the employer degrade pensions for new employees.

SMC has awarded SNC-Lavalin an EPC contract for the construction of an ammonia plant.

Amec Foster Wheeler has signed a global downstream framework agreement with Shell.

Xebec has announced it has received multiple hydrogen and renewable natural gas purification orders worth CAN$2.6 million.

Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have announced their reusable sponge, that soaks up oil, could revolutionise oil spill and diesel cleanup.

Messer has announced the opening of its largest CO2 plant worldwide in Nanjing, China.

Fuel Tech has announced it has been awarded air pollution control orders worth approximately US$3 million.