US refinery news

According to the EIA, exports of fuel ethanol fell in the US for the second year running.

Sapphire Gas Solutions has been awarded the transportation and logistics contracts for seven farm based renewable natural gas operations in central California, US.

According to the EIA, the record-breaking cold snap which hit the US in February 2021 caused the largest monthly declines on record for natural gas production and industrial sector consumption, while residential sector consumption reached a record high.

HollyFrontier Corp. has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Puget Sound refinery, the on-site cogeneration facility and related logistics assets, from Equilon Enterprises LLC.

According EIA, natural gas storage capacity remained essentially unchanged in 2020; however, some operators revised earlier estimates, increasing working gas capacity. 

UNICAT Catalyst Technologies LLC, a portfolio company of White Deer Energy, a US private equity firm, has completed the acquisition of Jemmtec Ltd, trading as Magma Group, a UK based specialist in ceramics and catalyst manufacturing and related services.

According to EIA analysis, planned refinery outages during the 2Q21 are unlikely to cause a significant shortfall in the supply of petroleum products in the US, particularly in transportation fuels including gasoline, jet fuel, and distillate fuel.

Nacero has selected Topsoe’s TIGAS™ technology for its multi-billion US$ natural gas-to-gasoline facility in Penwell, Texas, to reduce the lifecycle carbon footprint of gasoline production.

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According to Today in Energy, both US imports and exports of several transportation fuels fell in 2020.