North America downstream news

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has called for swift congressional action on year-round E15 and refinery certainty.

Perpetual Next USA is set to develop an additional three biomass-to-biomethanol production facilities in the Southeastern US, with each facility designed to process approximately 1 million tpy of sustainably sourced biomass feedstock.

Research by the IEEFA shows the EU’s rising reliance on US LNG has created a potentially high-risk geopolitical dependency and could cause it to miss its gas demand reduction commitments.

EIA expects that the US benchmark natural gas spot price at the Henry Hub to decrease about 2% to just under US$3.50 per million Btu in 2026 before rising sharply in 2027 to just under US$4.60 million Btu.

CB&I has been awarded a contract by We Energies to design and build a full-containment LNG storage tank for a peak shaving facility in Wisconsin, US.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has published the newest short-term energy outlook (STEO), including forecasts for 2027.

Coastal Bend LNG has selected KBR, Inc. and Técnicas Reunidas for the FEED of its planned natural gas liquefaction and export facility along the Texas Gulf Coast.

In this exclusive report, Janelle Armstead-English, Seeq, USA, explains how companies in the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries are using AI and advanced analytics to improve operational efficiency.

The US retail price for regular grade gasoline averaged US$3.10/gal. in 2025, US$0.21/gal. less than in 2024, which marked the third consecutive year of declining gasoline prices the EIA has reported.

SAMSUNG E&A, a total solutions provider for the global energy industry, has announced that it has broken ground on its Wabash Low-Carbon Ammonia Plant in the US.