Refining

Toyo Engineering Corp. has been awarded a contract for a project to construct a polypropylene plant from Prime Polymer Co. Ltd.

W. R. Grace & Co., an independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has licensed its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to GAIL (India) Ltd.

The API has published a new edition of Standard 1164, ‘Pipeline Control Systems Cybersecurity’, underscoring the natural gas and oil industry’s ongoing commitment to protecting critical infrastructure.

AFPM recently sat down with representatives from three companies with pipeline operations to hear how they are working with their communities, other operators and government agencies to continually advance pipeline safety.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd (Woodside) and BHP Group (BHP) have entered into a merger commitment deed to combine their respective oil and gas portfolios by an all-stock merger.

According to GlobalData, China is expected to register the highest refinery hydrotreater capacity additions in Asia between 2021 and 2025, contributing about 50% of the total capacity additions by 2025.

Woodside is in discussions with BHP Petroleum regarding a potential merger involving its entire petroleum business.

Haldor Topsoe increases prices for sulfuric acid catalysts with €0.25/L.

Lummus Technology has announced the start-up of its CDAlky alkylation unit at Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd's (ZPC) refinery in Zhejiang Province, China.

Advanced Refining Technologies (ART) has announced the award of an FCM agreement by state-owned Bahrain Petroleum Co.

In partnership with Fertiglobe, ADNOC has agreed to the sale of blue ammonia to Idemitsu for use in its refining and petrochemicals operations.

Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology is being used in renewable diesel production at Phillips 66’s refinery in California, US.

Honeywell has announced that OOO ZapSibNeftekhim, a subsidiary of PJSC Sibur Holding, will revamp one of its facilities in western Siberia that uses Honeywell UOP C3 Oleflex technology to increase propylene production.

McDermott International Ltd has announced a contract award for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of a new naptha hydrotreating unit and a new isomerisation unit.

Phillips 66 is driving to expand its advanced analytics capabilities with an investment supporting Seeq.