Downstream news

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.

Trafigura has signed a long-term agreement to supply LNG to Korea Gas Corp.

High costs have kept green hydrogen projects from taking off, but new regulations in the EU’s refining sector offers a solution to launching carbon friendly technology at scale, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie.

Pengerang Terminals has signed a terminal usage agreement (TUA) with Pengerang Biorefinery to provide storage and handling facilities for its feedstocks and products.

The AFPM President and CEO has responded to the EPA’s actions to address the backlog of nearly 200 small refinery exemptions.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has forecasted that natural gas consumption in the US will increase 1% to set a record of 91.4 billion ft3/d in 2025.

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at considering comprehensive collaboration with Dangote Industries Ltd and the consulting firm AAIC Holdings Pte. Ltd.

thyssenkrupp Uhde has completed the pre front-end engineering design (FEED) phase for the Portland Renewable Fuels Project in collaboration with HAMR Energy, Australia.

Ketjen Corp. has launched SaFeGuard™, a new catalyst technology designed to address iron (Fe) poisoning in FCC units.