BASF, Petronas to build new world-scale plant for polyisobutene in Malaysia
The plant, which will be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, will have a total annual capacity of 50,000 tons of HR-PIB. It is expected to start production in the fourth quarter of 2017.
July 21, 2015Continue reading...UOP grants aromatics technology to China project
The new complex will be the first in China to use Honeywell UOP's energy efficient aromatics complex design to convert heavy naphtha into 800,000 tpy of high-purity para-xylene.
July 21, 2015Continue reading...Eni’s Versalis to commercialize styrene-butadiene from India’s Reliance
The SBR sales agreement follows the license agreement that the two partners entered into in 2011 when Versalis seized upon Reliance's plan to expand its activities in the market of synthetic rubber by offering a technology license and know-how for the construction of a new unit.
July 21, 2015Continue reading...S-Oil contracts Axens on Korean refinery upgrade
The residue upgrading complex project (RUCP) is aimed at reducing fuel oil production while producing propylene through the conversion of atmospheric residue and will include the world’s first commercial high-severity FCC unit. Financial terms were not disclosed.
July 20, 2015Continue reading...CB&I wins $90M equipment supply contract for Russia’s Afipsky refinery
The scope of work includes detailed engineering, procurement, fabrication and supply of a steam methane reformer for a large-scale hydrogen plant, hydrocracking heaters and Breech-Lock exchangers.
July 20, 2015Continue reading...Bear Head LNG Receives U.S. Department of Energy Approval of Exports to FTA Countries
On Friday, July 17th, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) granted Bear
Head LNG Corporation and Bear Head LNG (USA), LLC (together Bear Head LNG) authorization to
export up to 440 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year of U.S. natural gas to Canada, and up to eight
million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to free trade
agreement (FTA) countries.
July 20, 2015Continue reading...REG plans $31M upgrade to Illinois biorefinery
The most notable upgrade will be the addition of biodiesel distillation capabilities to the 45-million gal nameplate capacity biorefinery. Other planned upgrades include pretreat capacity improvements, along with storage, logistics and other optimization enhancements.
July 20, 2015Continue reading...Dominion contracts GE for two compressor trains at Cove Point LNG project
The project located on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, Maryland, will produce about 5.25 MMtpy of LNG when completed in late 2017 and will be the first LNG export terminal on the US East Coast.
July 20, 2015Continue reading...INEOS starts building Europe's largest ethane tank to import US feedstocks
The investment in the Grangemouth tank and infrastructure is part of the company’s £450 million rescue package to equip the site to import ethane gas from the US.
July 20, 2015Continue reading...Maire Tecnimont wins EPC work for upgrade of Poland’s Gdansk refinery
The deal includes the implementation of a delayed coking unit, a coker naphtha hydrotreating unit, a hydrogen production unit (licensed by KT) together with ancillary units at the Gdansk refinery.
July 15, 2015Continue reading...
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