Sasol, INEOS to develop new US plant for high-density polyethylene
The envisaged plant will produce 470,000 tpy of bimodal HDPE using Innovene S process technology licensed from INEOS Technologies. The final investment decision from the two companies is expected to be made in the first half of 2014, with start-up of the plant expected at the end of 2015.
July 25, 2013Continue reading...KBR Selected to Perform Revamp Study for World’s Largest Ammonia Complex Upgrade
KBR announced that it has been selected by Togliattiazot Corporation (ToAZ) to perform revamp studies for seven ammonia plants located in Togliatti, Russia. The ToAZ revamp project will be the world’s largest upgrade of an ammonia complex with the seven plants located at the same site.
July 18, 2013Continue reading...Refinery watch: Planned and unplanned US outages
Valero reported the fluid catalytic cracking unit at its Benicia refinery is back at planned rates after a brief outage June 29. Tesoro reported a major unit startup at its Martinez, Calif. refinery July 2. Scheduled maintenance on a unit at ExxonMobil's Torrance, Calif. refinery could cause flaring, Exxon said July 1.
July 18, 2013Continue reading...Shell, Sinopec, Total to build Singapore lube park
The partners will build Lube Park at the Tuas industrial complex in southwestern Singapore, and include import, export and storage facilities for the adjacent lube oil blending plants and grease manufacturing plants of the companies. Construction on the park will begin later this year.
July 18, 2013Continue reading...Valero to build major methanol plant adjacent to Louisiana refinery
Construction at Valero's refinery in St. Charles, La., is initially scheduled to end by the 2016 first quarter and will expand the plant to make 1.6 million tpy of methanol. Production would start soon after.
July 17, 2013Continue reading...Sasol names engineering, technology providers for new ethane cracker
The upcoming project in Westlake, Louisiana, should start up in 2017, with expected production of 1.5 million tpy of ethylene along with several downstream derivative plants.
July 17, 2013Continue reading...Fluor Secures FEED Contract for Sasol’s New Chemicals Complex in Louisiana
Fluor Corporation announced today that the company has secured a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker and associated derivative chemicals facility at its Lake Charles Chemical Complex in Louisiana.
July 15, 2013Continue reading...Oxford Catalysts to design new biomass-to-liquids plant in Oregon
The BTL project was recently awarded a $4.1 million grant from the US Department of Defense (under the Defense Production Act, Title III), which will help fund detailed engineering for a 1,100-bpd BTL facility. The project will have an opportunity to apply for a further grant.
July 15, 2013Continue reading...Petrovietnam, partners to delay construction of new Nghi Son refinery
The $9 billion Nghi Son complex, to be located 180 km south of Hanoi, will have a refining capacity of 200,000 bpd. It will process Kuwaiti crude oil supplied exclusively by Kuwait Petroleum International.
July 15, 2013Continue reading...Eni plans major renovation project for Gela refinery
The refurbished refinery, expected to be fully operational in 2017 "will be able to generate profits" by producing oil products more in line with demand. The company did not elaborate on the new product mix. The site has accounted for a third of the losses within the company's entire refining system since 2009.
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