Downstream news

Honeywell has announced that its modular LNG pretreatment technology and ICSS will be adopted at AMIGO LNG S.A. de C.V.’s export terminal in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico.

Delta Air Lines, in collaboration with Shell and Portland International Airport (PDX), has taken delivery of SAF into the PDX fuel system, marking the first commercial-scale SAF uplift at PDX, US.

In the September issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering, Emily Ruhl and Michael Krela, Koch-Glitsch, USA, explore the development of distillation tray valve types and consider how operators can best align valve selection with current demands and future challenges.

Borealis has begun a major investment at its production location in Schwechat, Austria, with a new polypropylene (PP) compounding line expected to begin operations in the 2H26.

US imports of biodiesel and renewable diesel significantly decreased in the 1H25 compared with the same period in previous years, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported.

ExxonMobil Corp. and GHGSat have announced a partnership to monitor and mitigate methane at scale across ExxonMobil’s onshore operations globally.

OMV Petrom is expanding its activity in the bitumen field, through two strategic partnerships with Romanian companies, aimed at expanding storage capacity for bitumen and to produce polymer modified bitumen.

Shell has announced that they will not continue with the construction of a biofuels plant in Pernis, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

ASRock Industrial has announced the launch of AiUAC solution, a scalable, IEC 61499 compliant control engine designed to accelerate the transition to open, software-defined industrial automation.

Axens has started up a 100% SAF unit at site in Asia, which has the capacity to entirely convert 300 000 tpy of renewable feedstock into high value SAF.