Petrochemicals

Westlake Chemical Partners has selected Randy Woelfel to join the board of directors of its general partner, Westlake Chemical Partners GP LLC.

McDermott’s Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Formosa for an alpha-methylstyrene recovery unit in China.

Chengda has awarded Veolia the contract to supply evaporation technologies for a major chemical plant in Saudi Arabia.

Thirty senior executives from the oil, gas and petrochemical industry will meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss the issues facing the energy sector.

GlobalData has reported that Aramco and ADNOC have expanded the value of contracts in 3Q19 despite a slight decrease in volume.

Honeywell has announced that Dayuewan Petrochemical will use a number of UOP technologies to upgrade heavy fuel oil into higher-value products.

Dropsafe has signed a distribution agreement with Norwegian company MSS to expand its reach and increase efficiency.

Mammoet has installed a number of items at the Bangkok Synthetics petrochemical production plant in Thailand.

TriMas has announced that it has entered into an agreement with First Reserve for the sale of its Lamons business.

Airswift and Drone Pilot have announced a partnership to expand drone inspection and detection services in the oil and gas industry.

FUCHS has announced that the company is planning to be CO2-neutral in as little as two months.

Albemarle and ExxonMobil have announced a new suite of hydroprocessing catalyst and service solutions in the refining industry.

Huibert Vigeveno has been appointed as Royal Dutch Shell’s Downstream Director.

SIBUR has announced the closing of the sale of its Togliatti-based petrochemical facilities to Tatneft.

T.A. Cook has announced that it has been named a Leader in Asset Performance Management in the 2019 ALM Intelligence Vanguard report.