Petrochemicals

Bidvest and Petredec have announced their plans to develop a new South African LPG import facility.

Baker Hughes and GE have announced they have reached an agreement with the US Department of Justice to complete their proposed transaction.

CB&I has announced it has been awarded a multi-technology contract for a plant in Kazakhstan.

According to GlobalData, North Korea’s neighbours are advancing projects across the entire oil and gas chain, undeterred by recent military provocations.

Honeywell has announced it has invested in a cyber security innovation centre in the Asia Pacific region with the support of the Singapore Economic Development Board.

Digitalisation will provide both historic and real-time information that will allow plants to be operated with fewer human resources in the future.

Gardner Denver has announced that it has successfully acquire LeROI Compressors.

MRC Global has announced it has renewed its global pipe, valve and fitting contract with Chevron.

The Linde Group has received a major contract to supply an olefin plant in Russia.

Sasol has announced it has begun construction on its new alkoxylation production facility in China.

RigNet has announced that its SI&A business unit has won a systems integration contract for a new North American downstream energy facility.

The Dow Chemical Company has completed the construction phase of its new ELITE™ enhanced polyethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas.

According to Frost & Sullivan’s TechVision team, lower CAPEX and OPEX will ensure uptake of the environmental technologies that extract value from wastewater in high-potential developing countries.

Shell Chemical is making good progress on the main construction of its fourth linear alpha olefins unit at its chemicals manufacturing site in Geismar, Louisiana.

Chevron Phillips Chemical has announced its expansion of polyalphaolefins capacity at its Cedar Bayou Plant in Texas.