North America downstream news

Fluor Corp. has announced completion of the final weld on the first production train at the LNG Canada project, in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.

Annual US biodiesel imports doubled from 2022 to 2023 to 33 000 bpd and continued to rise in the first two months of 2024, according to the most recent data available.

The EIA reports that average monthly prices for regular-grade retail gasoline in the US could increase by more than 10 cents per gal. if refinery output is lower than expected.

TotalEnergies and Vanguard Renewables have signed an agreement to create an equally owned joint venture to develop, build, and operate Farm Powered® renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in the US.

Air Liquide is continuing to expand its capacities in biomethane (RNG) with the construction of two new production units.

The EIA reports that US manufacturers specialising in chemicals and petroleum refining have traditionally accounted for the largest shares of both hydrogen consumption and production.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects the benchmark Henry Hub spot price to average about US$2.25 per million Btu in 2024, a 10% decrease from 2023 and a 65% decrease from 2022.

Air Products Canada Ltd. has awarded Worley an agreement to provide procurement, fabrication and modularisation services for its Net-Zero Hydrogen Energy Complex in Canada.

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) is launching a second round of issue ads to inform consumers about the Biden administration’s policy agenda rushing to ban sales of new gas vehicles.

The EIA reports that since early January 2024, US refinery utilisation has decreased 11%.