Downstream news

MAIRE has announced that NEXTCHEM has finalised the acquisition of 100% of GasConTec GmbH, a company specialised in technology development and process engineering.

The EIA reports that average monthly prices for regular-grade retail gasoline in the US could increase by more than 10 cents per gal. if refinery output is lower than expected.

A series of unprecedented challenges to the global ethylene industry means that as much as 24% of global capacity is now under some threat of permanent closure, according to new research by Wood Mackenzie.

MOL's €1.3 billion polyol complex in Tiszaújváros, Hungary, boasting a capacity of around 200 000 tpy of polyol, has been inaugurated.

KBR has been awarded a contract by OCI Global to design and deploy its proprietary operator training simulator for OCI’s Texas Blue Clean Ammonia facility in Texas, US.

Worley has been selected to design and evaluate carbon dioxide gathering, handling and sequestration facilities for the Bayou Bend CCS LLC joint venture.

Honeywell has announced a transformational new naphtha to ethane and propane (NEP) process.

This agreement formalises an important alliance aimed at strengthening collaboration and technical exchanges between both organisations and its members.

EET Fuels will host a series of events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Stanlow Refinery.

NEXTCHEM and Johnson Matthey have agreed to partner up for the commercialisation of the Circular Methanol™ technology package worldwide.