http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/oxea-confirms-final-investment-decision-for-major-capacity-expansion-at-plant/ OXEA, a global manufacturer of oxo chemicals, has announced its final investment decision (FID) for a major capacity expansion at its Bay City, Texas production site. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/totalenergies-ships-to-asia-the-first-cargo-produced-by-the-eca-lng-plant/ TotalEnergies has shipped to Asia the very first cargo from ECA LNG Phase 1, a LNG export terminal currently under commissioning on Mexico’s Pacific Coast, in Baja California. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/eia-the-us-produced-more-crude-oil-than-any-other-country-in-2025/ U.S. crude oil production has been buoyed by continued gains in drilling productivity and operational efficiency across key shale basins, which allow operators to extract more oil per well. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/topsoe-lands-technology-contract-for-blue-ammonia-fertilizer-project/ Topsoe has signed an agreement with J Westling & Co (JWC), a Nebraska-based company developing blue ammonia solutions, also referred to as low carbon ammonia, to support the production of domestically sourced fertilizers for American farmers. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/baker-hughes-secures-substantial-equipment-and-services-awards-for-cheniere-s-sabine-pass-lng-facility/ The awards, booked in the second quarter, comprise orders from Bechtel Energy Inc. (Bechtel) and Cheniere to supply liquefaction equipment for Train 7 and for a boil-off gas re-liquefaction unit, as well as an award for fleet-wide gas turbine technology upgrades. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/eia-us-crude-inventories-rise-gasoline-and-distillate-inventories-fall/ Crude inventories rose by 3 million barrels to 411.4 million barrels in the week ending July 3, compared with analysts' expectations in a poll for a 2.4 million-barrel draw. http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/yokogawa-awarded-main-automation-contractor-for-13-b-commonwealth-lng-project-us/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/yara-to-acquire-gulf-coast-ammonia-texas-us-facility-for-13-b/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2025/08/xrg-acquires-additional-equity-interest-in-trains-4-and-5-of-the-rio-grande-lng-project-us/ http://web2v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/07/trump-biofuel-goals-hit-reality-as-us-plants-lag/ The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which administers U.S. biofuel policy, set record biofuel blending targets for 2026 under the Renewable Fuel Standard.