North America downstream news
Motiva announces base oil supply agreement with S-Oil
Motiva Enterprises has executed a long-term supply agreement with Aramco base oil affiliate S-Oil Corp. that will more than double Motiva’s current offer for Group III base oil in North America.
Mammoet-Haisla J.V. successfully reaches next milestone at LNG Canada
Mammoet-Haisla Joint Venture (J.V.) has completed the pile handing scope for the LNG Canada project through JGC-Fluor Joint Venture in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.
Aspen Technology Software and Shell Catalysts & Technologies pair up
Aspen Technology Inc. has announced that Shell Catalysts & Technologies is implementing Aspen Schedule Explorer software in multiple plants throughout North America and Europe.
Honeywell UOP to provide cryogenic gas processing plant to Navitas Midstream Partners
Navitas Midstream Partners LLC has purchased a gas processing plant from Honeywell UOP to extract natural gas liquids (NGLs) from natural gas produced in several counties in the Permian Basin, US.
Inter Pipeline awarded US$408 million to develop petrochemical complex
Inter Pipeline Ltd. has announced that it will receive US$408 million under the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Programme (APIP).
Saulsbury awarded EPC contract for Texas gas processing facility
Saulsbury is to design and install a new cryogenic processing facility in the Midland Basin.
ExxonMobil begins restarting Beaumont refinery
The Beaumont refinery in Texas, US, is starting up after a shutdown prompted by severe cold weather.
IEnova inaugurates refined products storage terminal in Veracruz
The terminal has the capacity to store more than 2 million bbl of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.
Rystad Energy comments on Texas refinery outages
Rystad Energy's VP Oil Markets, Paola Rodriguez-Masiu, has commented on the outages affecting Texas's oil refining sector in the wake of Storm Uri.
IHS Markit: Storm Uri impacts nearly 6 million bpd of refining capacity
IHS Markit currently estimates more than 5.2 million bpd of Gulf Coast refining capacity and 730 000 bpd in PADD 2 has been impacted by the winter weather.