North America downstream news

Shintech Louisiana, LLC has announced a US$3.4 billion investment to bolster its manufacturing capabilities, with the construction of a second ethylene unit and a fourth chlor-alkali and vinyl chloride monomer unit.

US developers signed sale and purchase agreements for 40 million tpy of LNG in 2025 from planned export facilities, according to US Department of Energy and company website data compiled by the US Energy Information Administration.

Venture Global, Inc. and Trafigura have announced the execution of an agreement for the purchase of approximately 0.5 million tpy of US LNG for five years commencing in 2026.

Jaison Davis, Economic Research Analyst at GlobalData, provides commentary on GCC exports, with global energy markets in flux.

TotalEnergies has signed a preliminary agreement with Glenfarne for the long-term offtake of 2 million tpy of LNG from the Alaska LNG project over 20 years.

AFPM President and CEO Chet Thompson sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to urge EPA to avoid a repeat of 2025’s 11th hour emergency RVP waivers for summer gasoline sold in the Midwest.

The US Secretary of Energy has signed an export authorisation for a 12% expansion?in exports at Cheniere Energy’s Corpus Christi LNG terminal.

MET International AG and Shell have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding to expand their existing long-term co-operation in LNG and gas trading.

Centrica Energy has announced the signing of a long-term natural gas purchase agreement with Whitecap Resources Inc., a leading Canadian producer dedicated to the responsible development of oil and gas resources across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

The US EIA has reported that the US is the largest exporter of LNG, ahead of Australia and Qatar, 10 years after the first cargo left the Sabine Pass Terminal.