Refining

BASF has introduced Fourte FCC catalyst for refiners targeting an increase to their gasoline pool octane.

Orpic aims to meet plastic demand with its Liwa Plastics Industries Complex project, which will include a refinery, aromatics plant, steam cracker and downstream polypropylene and polyethylene plants.

Saudi Aramco and SABIC have awarded a contract to KBR for the development of part of a crude-oil-to-chemicals complex.

Praxair has started up two new air separation plants to supply China National Offshore Oil Corp.’s petrochemical park.

TechnipFMC has been awarded a contract for India’s largest hydrogen generation unit by Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

Meridian Energy Group Inc. has commenced civil construction of the Davis Refinery in North Dakota, US.

Total creates a digital innovation centre in India in partnership with Tata Consultancy Services.

Neste is aiming to use waste plastic as a raw material for fuels and plastics.

Praxair has renewed a long-term hydrogen supply agreement with Marathon’s Galveston Bay Refinery.

The EIA reports that US refining capacity was virtually unchanged between 2017 and 2018.

Maire Tecnimont SpA has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for Borouge's new polypropylene unit.

MGX Minerals Inc. and Highbury Energy Inc. have reported that additional work has commenced on gasification of petroleum coke into a synthetic liquid equivalent.

WorleyParsons has been awarded a three-year contract by NOVA Chemicals for continued engineering on the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project.

Sulzer’s latest advance in random packing design provides higher capacity and efficiency compared to conventional designs.

Yokogawa and Shell have developed a software suite that brings together advanced plant process control technology and real time control technology.