US refinery news

According to GlobalData, low-carbon hydrogen production in North America is to nearly triple by 2030, reaching 1.4 million tpy.

ClearSign Technologies Corp has received a verbal notification from ExxonMobil to put on hold the testing of its ClearSign Core process burners to be installed at the Baytown, Texas refinery.

Calumet has chosen Haldor Topsoe for a renewable diesel project in the Pacific Northwest.

Harvestone Group has announced the acquisition of Gateway Terminals LLC, a bulk liquid terminal complex located on the banks of the Mississippi river in Sauget, Illinois, US.

Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) and ADM have announced an agreement to form a joint venture for the production of soybean oil to supply rapidly growing demand for renewable diesel fuel.

Savage, a global industry infrastructure and supply chain services company, has announced a new multi-commodity transload terminal to aid the distribution of renewable fuels into the state of California, US.

Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology is being used in renewable diesel production at Phillips 66’s refinery in California, US.

According to EIA, US crude oil exports reached record levels in 2020 and remain high in 2021, despite volatility in global oil markets.

McDermott has been selected by LACC to provide engineering, procurement and construction for a seventh heater addition to its LACC ethane cracker facility in Westlake, Los Angeles, US.

According to EIA, as a result of several US refinery closures in 2020, US operable atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity dropped 4.5% to a total of 18.1 million bpd at the start of 2021.