Downstream News

Downstream news for the oil and gas industry providing global coverage of refining, processing and other downstream sector developments

	New technologies grant extra oil storage in Kenya 4th February 2013 Independent energy storage company VTTI has unveiled a new USD 60m oil terminal in Kenya which combines new automated and high end technologies, as the company seeks to ease the country’s...
	TNK-BP to build hydrocarbons sulphur removal facility at Ryazan 29th January 2013 TNK-BP has said it will invest more than USD 60m in the construction of a hydrocarbons sulphur removal facility at the Ryazan oil refinery, as part of a large scale program to upgrade the facility.The...
	Shell, HDO to construct new base oil plant 15th January 2013 Shell Petroleum Company Limited (Shell) and Hyundai Oilbank (HDO) on Tuesday confirmed their intention to construct a new base oil manufacturing plant (BOMP) in Daesan, South Korea.Base oils are the key...
	Unleashing LNG – the Yamal megaproject 9th January 2013 The Yamal LNG project, also known as the Yamal megaproject, is an ambitious USD 27bn long term plan for the exploration, treatment and liquefaction of the vast natural gas reserves in Russia’s remote Yamal...
	Gazprom eyes stake in Indian LNG terminal 8th December 2012 Russian gas major Gazprom is said to be in talks with Indian Oil Corp Ltd (IOC) for a stake in a planned USD 793 million LNG terminal near Chennai, East India, Live Mint reported on Thursday.The Ennore...
	BP vows GBP 300m to upgrade O&G terminal in Scotland 3rd December 2012 Oil major BP has announced plans to invest as much as GBP 300m in the coming years to upgrade the Sullom Voe oil and gas terminal in Shetland, Scotland.The firm plans to build a new gas processing plant...
	US technology to process pre-salt natural gas for Petrobras 29th November 2012 US oil and gas refining equipment provider UOP will see its technology service oil giant Petrobras in offshore natural gas processing in Brazil.The firm on Thursday announced that its Separex membrane...
	Chinese firm upgrades storage tanks 27th November 2012 Chinese storage and distribution petroleum company Longwei Petroleum has completed plant upgrades at its Gujiao facility, adding new coatings for its large storage tanks along with maintenance works.The...
	German company to build LNG terminal in Sweden 26th November 2012 International industrial gases and engineering company Linde on Friday announced it will build a new mid-scale liquified natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Sweden, as part of a USD 57m contract from...
	ExxonMobil unveils new gas turbine oil 13th November 2012 The product technology arm of oil giant ExxonMobil has launched a new gas turbine oil said to increase the productivity and efficiency of turbines in gas plants.ExxonMobil Lubricants & Specialties has...