North America downstream news

As part of the transaction, Petroleum Service Corp. will absorb Fryoux's tankerman operations along the US Gulf Coast.

The company's Refining capital budget includes US$521 million of sustaining capital for reliability, safety and environmental projects.

The company has been selected by a global O&G major to be the primary engineering partner to support two of the major's integrated refining and chemicals manufacturing facilities in the US.

Haldor Topsoe’s H2bridge™ and HydroFlex™ technologies will be used to produce renewable bio-hydrogen in Grön Fuels LLC’s renewable diesel and jet fuel facility in Louisiana, US.

The 50/50 JV includes a 1.5 million t ethane cracker, 0.9 million t low-density and linear-low density polyethylene plants, and associated infrastructure near Lake Charles, Louisiana, US.

The consulting firm's index will account for the typical crude run in US West Coast refineries, the cost of compliance with greenhouse gas-reduction regulations, and local refined product prices.

For the week ending 13 November US distillate inventories fell to 143 million barrels, according to the US Energy Information Administration.

The Quebec Government has awarded funding totalling CAN$5.943 million to a project to develop biofuels from locally-sourced forestry waste in La Tuque, Quebec, Canada.

The completion of the project quadruples the processing capacity at the Phillips 66 Sweeny Hub.

Shell may begin the permanent shutdown of its 211 146 bpd Convent, Louisiana, refinery early next week.