Petrochemicals

Petrochemical marketing firm, The Plaza Group, has appointed Jose Flores as Executive Vice President.

Total Safety has received 22 safety achievement awards from the AFPM.

The manifesto is intended to help asset owners and operators in the energy and chemicals industry drive top line revenue growth, at significantly less cost.

Johnson Matthey methanol technology chosen for largest single train methanol plant in the world.

The subsidiary of state oil and gas group Sinopec Corp. is planning to shut down its 170 000 bpd refinery in late October for approximately 50 days of maintenance.

SIBUR describes the development of the company’s latest R&D centre in Moscow, Russia.

The para-xylene-purified terephthalic acid complex shall be integrated with IndianOil's Paradip refinery, which has been operational since 2015.

The company has started up a fifth purified terephthalic acid line on Changxing Island in Dalian, China.

Covid-19 and a pessimistic economic outlook will have a near-term impact on oil demand and the refining sector in Asia Pacific. But in the long-run, demand continues to be robust driven by a future demand for mobility and petrochemicals.

Successful transportation of the site’s largest component marks an important first step in the construction of the propane dehydrogenation plant.

ZheJiang Petroleum & Chemical has selected Axens’ catalysts for pyrolysis gasoline selective hydrogenation units that are part of an ethylene plant in Zhoushan City, China.

AFPM has announced the winners of the 2019 Annual Safety Awards, part of an ongoing mission to enhance and recognise outstanding workplace safety.

Sinopec Corp’s Zhongyuan Petrochemical Corp. will shut down ethylene production at its plant in the region of Henan from 1 August until 14 September.

PTT Global Chemical America has signed an agreement with Energy Storage Ventures LLC to build a facility to store and transport NGLs for PTTGCA’s proposed ethane cracker in Ohio.

The new milestone was achieved as a result of successful waste reduction projects undertaken by chemical companies in the region.