Petrochemicals

Rosneft Deutschland GmbH has signed contracts with German companies for marketing its petrochemical products.

Yokogawa and Shell have developed a software suite that brings together advanced plant process control technology and real time control technology.

Sinopec has chosen to use a Haldor Topsoe catalyst for Asia’s largest styrene-butadiene rubber emissions control project.

SATORP has selected Axens to evaluate, develop, and implement an Advanced Process Control system for its aromatics complex.

SGS and BHGE have announced a strategic alliance agreement for the deployment and commercialisation of a real time software and sensor-based solution.

AFPM has released a new report on the state of the American fuel and petrochemical supply chains.

Mammoet has installed two reactors using a crawler crane inside a Gulf Coast polypropylene plant.

Graham Corp. has been awarded US$6.6 million in US Gulf Coast petrochemical industry orders.

BASF is investigating the establishment of a second Verbund site in China.

ADNOC aims to deepen investment and partnership opportunities with Chinese energy majors.

Sipchem’s polybutylene terephthalate plant has started commercial operations.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals to upgrade Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant.

Rotork will supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators as well as valve gearboxes to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd for flow control.

Black & Veatch-PCL Construction joint venture has been selected to perform EPC work on a large-scale ethylene export facility in Texas, US.

McDermott International Inc. has been awarded two technology contracts by PT Chandra Asri Perkasa for a new petrochemical complex in Indonesia.