Petrochemicals

Airswift and Energy Jobline have published the fourth annual Global Energy Talent Index.

Fluor has been awarded a project management consultancy services contract by Bharat Petroleum Corp. for its polyols petrochemicals complex.

Equatorial Guinea has officially launched its Year of Investment 2020, aimed at drawing capital investment into industrial projects.

GlobalData has reported that ExxonMobil is expected to lead global ethylene capacity additions by 2030.

Texas Senator Larry Taylor joins Chevron, SABIC, BP, and BASF executives to discuss workforce development challenges at Downstream 2020.

BASF has invested in a 30% increase in production capacity to meet the rising demands for polyurethane dispersions.

Hengli Petrochemical has announced the start-up of its fourth PTA line utilising INVISTA’s P8 PTA technology.

Gaz Sintez chooses Haldor Topsoe technology for its methanol plant near Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Pipeline technology specialist STATS Group (STATS) has completed an extensive pipeline isolation campaign offshore and onshore Malaysia.

CIRCOR’s facility in the Weihai economic and technological development zone is due to open in 2020.

Buckhardt Compression wins first order for its new compressor product line from Hyundai Engineering Co.

Sasol confirms incident at Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) low-density polyethylene unit.

Sandvik has completed the previously announced acquisition of Summerill Tube Corp., a manufacturer of high precision tubes.

Mammoet will carry out the levee crossing and heavy haul scope for Methanex’s Geismar 3 Methanol Plant in Louisiana.

The API has praised signing of US – China ‘phase one’ trade deal, and urges further negotiations to lift all tariffs.