Petrochemicals

The ceremony took place within the Ichihara Works to break the ground for Mitsui’s new synthetic fluid plant.

Clariant continued to grow sales despite a slow start in plastic and coatings.

Dow plans to expand its alkoxylation capacity at its facility in Tarragona, Spain, to satisfy growing demand.

WorleyParsons will become Worley following the acquisition of Jacobs Energy, Chemicals and Resources division.

Kazanorgsintez has successfully added metallocene polyethylene production to its UNIPOL PE reactor line.

Prefere Resins will acquire INEOS Melamines & Paraform in a transaction which is expected to complete in 2Q19.

Axens will provide two hydrocracking units for naphtha production at the Chinese petrochemical complex owned by Shenghong Refining & Chemical.

Grace and TechnipFMC will jointly develop technology relating to deep catalytic cracking for the petrochemical industry.

The EIA has reported that the US exported an average of 5.6 million bpd of petroleum products in 2018, a new record.

ADNOC will expand its access to India by supplying its Group III base oil, ADbase, to IndianOil.

Burckhardt Compression has signed contracts to equip mega-plants with hyper and booster primary compressors in China.

Don Tyler will hold the position of director of engineering for BCCK.

McDermott will supply the basic engineering, technology licence, and catalyst for an integrated petrochemicals unit in Kuwait.

Shell’s share of the SASREF refining venture will be acquired by Aramco, giving it complete ownership of the project.

The EIA has reported that the US energy trade with Mexico involves importing crude oil and exporting petroleum products.