US refinery news

Honeywell has announced that Brazil-based ECB Group will use the UOP Ecofining™ process to convert vegetable oils and inedible animal fats into renewable diesel and jet fuel.

Jones Capital has announced the acquisition of Rockport Terminals, a private intermodal terminal on the Texas Gulf Coast, US.

‘Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) 2021 – 2040’, a new report from IDTechEx, has explored the technical and commercial factors key to the success of CCUS.

A Rystad Energy report shows that natural gas flaring at US non-upstream onshore oil and gas facilities reached an 18-month high in February 2021.

Chevron Corp. has entered into an agreement to acquire all publicly held common units representing the limited partner interests in Noble Midstream Partners LP.

The cold snap that affected much of the central part of the US in mid-February disrupted energy systems, particularly in and around Texas, US.

Lummus Technology have announced the startup of its CDAlky® C5 alkylation unit at Valero's St. Charles refinery in Norco, Louisiana, US.

The Beaumont refinery in Texas, US, is starting up after a shutdown prompted by severe cold weather.

Rystad Energy's VP Oil Markets, Paola Rodriguez-Masiu, has commented on the outages affecting Texas's oil refining sector in the wake of Storm Uri.

Unusually harsh weather for the US southern states has knocked out more than 3 million bpd of refining capacity in the US Gulf, according to Reuters calculations.