Petrochemicals

PetroLogistics awards McDermott with FEED contract for 500 000 tpy Gulf Coast PDH project.

Clariant Catalysts and Wuxi Xiyuan win further contracts for formaldehyde production projects in China.

STEP selects LyondellBasell’s technology for its polypropylene unit to be constructed in Arzew, Oran province, Algeria.

The new branch of Clariant’s Catalysts business unit is located in Jubail, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The opening marks Clariant’s fourth location in the Middle East.

Ashurst recently advised Petrochemical Industries Co. K.S.C. (PIC) on its joint venture with SKC Co.

Re-Gen Robotics has committed £1 million to new tank cleaning robot and an ADR certified jet/vac tanker.

AFPM celebrates the role that the petrochemicals sector played in the Apollo 11 moon landing.

Banner Chemicals UK has been recognised with both the Queen’s award for international trade and the ‘Northern Powerhouse Export Champions Award’.

Grace has licensed its UNIPOL polypropylene technology to Datong Coal Mine Group for a 430 000 tpy polypropylene facility in China.

Teledyne has purchased 3M’s gas and flame detection business for US$230 million.

The planned expansion of the truck gate at Port Houston’s Barbours Cut Container Terminal is set to begin.

In response to customer demand, ExxonMobil has expanded production of synthetic base stocks and adjusted its supply chain network.

Linde has started up its new gas production facility in Singapore, supplying industrial gases to Evonik Industries’ methionine complex.

As the peak of the hurricane season approaches, refiners and petrochemical manufacturers in the US are working to ensure that their facilities are secure and prepared to withstand storms.

On Wednesday 31 July, a fire broke out at ExxonMobil’s Baytown olefins plant.