Petrochemicals

The contracted backlog of projects includes work on behalf of five land or marine LNG terminals, a petrochemical complex and a modularised oil refinery, amongst others.

CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Co. (CSPC) has started up its new units to supply the Chinese market with essential petrochemicals.

OQ owned Oman Tank Terminal Co. (OTTCO) and Port of Duqm Co. (PODC) have signed two agreements regarding a sub-usufruct agreement and a berth operating license agreement.

KBR Inc. has signed a license agreement for its proprietary K-PRO™ propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology to convert propane into propylene for JS Energy Ltd’s planned project in Pakistan.

Subsidiaries of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. have been awarded a package of the integrated PDH-PP complex project, relating to the realisation of two polypropylene units.

Uzbekistan GTL LLC has issued an update on the current state of the construction of its complex for the production of synthetic liquid fuel in the region.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies will supply ethylene oxide catalyst to Jiangsu Dynamic Chemical, and will provide technical services utilising Shell’s upstream and downstream expertise.

Lummus Technology’s Novolen business has been awarded a polypropylene (PP) contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

Inter Pipeline Ltd. has announced that it will receive US$408 million under the Alberta Petrochemicals Incentive Programme (APIP).

Clariant has announced that it has officially joined the EU ‘Circular Plastics Alliance’.

Clariant’s additives business aims to support the needs of China’s growth industries, with new facilities to foster R&D and joint application technology developments at the One Clariant Campus (OCC).

API has outlined a path for a low-carbon future in its new Climate Action Framework.

Lummus Technology has announced an award for its ethylbenzene technology from a customer in Jiangsu Province, China.

BASF, SABIC and Linde have signed a joint agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces.

Jiangsu Jiatong Energy Co. Ltd, has placed an order with MAN Energy Solutions for four trains for production of purified terephthalic acid in China.