North America downstream news
Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods partner on sustainable RNG project
Waste methane will be captured from hog farms and converted into RNG.
Par Pacific to acquire US Oil & Refining Co.
Acquisition connects assets in Hawaii, Pacific Northwest and the Rockies.
Linde to partner with DCRC on hydrogen production facilities
Linde and PBF Energy have broken ground for a hydrogen plant being built with PBF’s subsidiary.
Specialty Welding and Turnarounds LLC announces major expansion and hire
Spencer Moak recruited to oversee operations in the region.
Tallgrass Energy announces binding agreement surrounding refining complex and liquids terminal
A proposed pipeline would serve both the St. James complex and Plaquemines Liquids Terminal in Louisiana.
Air Liquide to build liquid hydrogen production plant
The company has signed a long-term agreement with FirstElement Fuel Inc.
Linde supplies Cryo Pump 3.0/90 to California hydrogen stations
True Zero’s retail hydrogen fuelling stations equipped with technology to double capacity.
Praxair signs long-term agreement to supply Fulcrum’s Sierra BioFuels Plant in Nevada
Praxair will build two vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA) plants at the facility, which is under construction and expected to start up operations in early 2020.
API: "EPA set to release its annual reminder that the RFS is broken"
As the EPA finalises ethanol volumes for 2019 and biodiesel volumes for 2020 under the Renewable Fuel Standard, the American Petroleum Institute urged the agency to protect consumers from the ethanol blendwall and to continue to reject efforts by some to reallocate volumes from small refinery exemptions.
US senators introduce act to lease Strategic Petroleum Reserve storage capacity
Bill Cassidy and Michael Bennet believe added revenue will support SPR maintenance and its long-term operational readiness.