North America downstream news
GTT North America awarded contract by US Department of Defense for Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility
GTT will work with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and the US Navy to develop a solution to upgrade the existing tanks at the facility to double wall containment.
Harvest Midstream commissions connections between Ingleside Pipeline and Moda Midstream
The first connection provides shippers access from the Harvest Ingleside Pipeline to Moda Midstream LLC’s Ingleside Energy Center located in Ingleside, Texas, while the second is a bi-direction connection between the Harvest Ingleside Pipeline and Moda Midstream’s Taft Terminal located in Taft, Texas.
PTT agrees supply deal with Range for Ohio ethane cracker
Range will provide 15 000 bpd of ethane as feedstock for PTT Global Chemical America’s (PTTGCA) planned ethane cracker along the Ohio River in Belmont County.
API publishes fifth edition of API 2350
API 2350 provides guidance for the safe transfer of petroleum products to storage tanks.
North Dakota Supreme Court rules in favour of Meridian Energy for refinery siting
The Court’s decision paves the way for Meridian to complete engineering, procurement and financing for the Davis project.
Grace’s process technology unveiled at Braskem polypropylene line
Braskem is using Grace’s UNIPOL PP Process Technology and catalyst systems at its new polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas, US.
US refiners and terminals shut ahead of Hurricane Sally landfall
The US's only offshore terminal, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), stopped loading tanker ships on Sunday, while the port of New Orleans closed on Monday.
Dow sells three industrial US Gulf Coast terminals to Vopak and BlackRock JV
The total capacity of the three terminals, located in Texas and Louisiana, is 852 000 m3.
Braskem begins production at new polypropylene production line in Texas
The line in La Porte has a production capacity of over 450 kilotons (kt) or 1 billion pounds per year and has the capability to produce a broad range of products, including homopolymer, impact copolymer and random copolymers.
KP Engineering supplies engineering services to US refinery
The engineering services will optimise the refinery’s existing process units’ performance and will address operability and maintenance issues.