North America downstream news

Tai Piazza, Industry Manager - Refining, VEGA Americas, explains why refineries should not wait to upgrade their displacer technology.

Bear Head LNG is proposing to build an LNG export facility on the naturally deep waters of the Strait of Canso in Point Tupper, Richmond County, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The US Energy Information Administration has estimated that natural gas processing plant capacity increased by about 5% in the Lower 48 states on a net basis between 2014 and 2017.

Total, through its subsidiary Total Atlantic Trading Mexico, will have the largest capacity in this terminal, located on the shores of the State of Veracruz.

Servomex, the global expert in gas analysis, has appointed three new Regional Sales Managers (RSMs) to its sales teams for the Americas and EMEAI regions. 

The go-ahead for Golden Pass LNG comes as Anadarko and its partners in Mozambique LNG (Area 1) took a major step towards FID after signing sales and purchase agreements with CNOOC, Tokyo Gas-Centrica and Shell.

The new facility will be located at the site of the existing Golden Pass LNG import terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, US.

The IMO’s new regulations on sulfur content are set to change the way bunker fuel is consumed in the US.

Irving Oil will continue operation of the Top Oil business and its assets on a business-as-usual basis. 

Wood Mackenzie comments on the US’s decision to curb the Maduro government’s access to cash from crude exports.