Petrochemicals

Actemium Oil & Gas Major Projects has chosen to further strengthen its cooperation with Intergraph to increase productivity and efficiency in complex engineering projects.

Shell Chemical LP has announced the final investment decision to increase alpha olefins production at its chemical manufacturing site in Geismar, Louisiana.

LyondellBasell has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the polypropylene (PP) compounding assets of Zylog Plastalloys Pvt. Ltd (Zylog) of India.

Sumitomo Chemical will license its technologies of manufacturing polypropylene (PP) and propylene oxide (PO) to South Korea’s S-OIL Corp.

Iran will have finished the construction of three petrochemical units by March 2016, and is working on three more.

Neste Jacobs and Borealis has signed an agreement with Neste Jacobs to deliver the complete EPCM services for the upgrade of four of its cracker furnaces in Stenungsund, Sweden.

Dr Colin Brown, Director of Engineering at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, has responded to the UK government’s spending review.

According to Fitch Ratings, deflation in the energy sector has filtered through to lower prices for petrochemicals, plastics, and other chemicals with energy-related feedstocks.

Hints from industry insiders suggest that oil prices will rise again.

The GPCA has announced its expectations for petrochemical demand to grow at 4% over the next 10 years.

Screw pumps play an essential role in a wide range of applications such as the water treatment, oil extraction, hydraulic fracturing and chemical industries.

CB&I has announced a joint venture between CB&I and CTCI Corp., Taiwan, has received a notice of intention of award valued at approximately US$2.8 billion from Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company.

The global alpha olefins market is reported to be worth US$10.7 billion by 2020.

New model developed to evaluate corrosion on cased pipeline sections.

Camin Cargo Control has announced that it has expanded into Eastern Canada following the acquisition of Quantum Control Services.