North America downstream news

A report from ESAI Energy concludes that global investment in ethane crackers and other olefin units will lead to overcapacity and inter-fuel competition.

The cracker at ExxonMobil’s Baytown chemical and refining complex in Texas, US, will provide ethylene feedstock to new performance polyethylene lines at the Mont Belvieu plastics plant.

The Maxville facility will supply the company’s marine fuel depot in the Port of Jacksonville, US.

Holly Energy Partners has engaged AECOM to perform a feasibility study on a potential refined product pipeline in the Permian Basin.

The US EPA has entered into a MoU with the State of New Mexico to clarify the existing frameworks related to the way wastewater from oil and natural gas extraction activities can be re-used, recycled, and renewed.

June 2018 marked the highest production levels of US crude oil and NGLs.

Meridian Energy Group Inc. has commenced civil construction of the Davis Refinery in North Dakota, US.

Enterprise is set to develop an offshore crude oil export terminal in Texas.

Praxair has renewed a long-term hydrogen supply agreement with Marathon’s Galveston Bay Refinery.

Honeywell is set to provide a cryogenic gas processing plant to Navitas Midstream Partners.