Petrochemicals

KBC and AVGI have announced a strategic partnership to assist refiners in achieving profitable petrochemical operations.

Clariant is making an investment to increase catalyst production capacity at its catalyst plant in Panjin, China.

Synergy Additives has been selected by ExxonMobil as an authorised distributor of the company’s Group IV and Group V synthetic products.

Bilfinger UK has been awarded multimillion-pound contracts to deliver maintenance services for global chemical producer INEOS at two sites in Scotland.

Honeywell technology selected for Petrochina Guangdong integrated petrochemicals facility.

Dow will retrofit fluidised catalytic dehydrogenation technology to its mixed-feed crackers in Plaquemine, Louisiana, to produce propylene.

KIZAD and AIPMA have signed an agreement to support Indian polymer investors in expanding their geographic reach.

Chevron Lummus Global has been awarded a contract by Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Technology for two petrochemical units based in China.

Motiva has reached an agreement to acquire a 100% ownership interest in Flint Hills Resources Port Arthur LLC.

PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical will use Grace technology for a 500 000 tpy polypropylene facility.

Chevron Lummus Global will provide hydrotreating technology for Compañía Española de Petróleos’ refinery in Spain.

Clariant has announced that Hengli’s new dehydrogenation plant in China has been successfully started up.

Honeywell UOP’s catalytic dehydrogenation technology is being used in a 450 000 tpy petrochemicals unit in China belonging to Zhejiang Satellite.

BASF and the University of Heidelberg have signed a contract to extend their Catalysis Research Laboratory cooperation by three years.

Dow is divesting its Acetone Derivatives business to ALTIVIA Ketones & Additives.