Asia Pacific downstream news

EnerMech has secured a contract from Bechtel Corp. to deliver chemical cleaning services for Woodside Energy’s Pluto Train 2 LNG development in Western Australia.

Aster is set to expand capacity at the Bukom refinery, Singapore, with US$155 million rejuvenation drive for growth and supply resiliency with key projects planned.

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd has partnered with Kanematsu Corp. to become the first Japanese oil refiner to begin supplying bio-blended fuel, a blend of heavy oil and FAME, to ocean-going vessels.

Reganosa Servicios has been chosen by Squadron Energy to operate and maintain the onshore part of the Port Kembla Energy Terminal, New South Wales, Australia.

TotalEnergies, TES, Osaka Gas, Toho Gas, and ITOCHU have signed a joint development and operating agreement, granting the Japanese companies a combined 33.3% stake in the Live Oak project.

Aster has announced an agreement with Hitachi to acquire advanced compressor solutions to double its ethylene export capacity at the Aster Bukom island facility, Singapore.

VTTI has announced the commissioning of its new bitumen facility at VTTI Malaysia (ATB) – marking another milestone in VTTI’s continued growth and investment in Asia.

Venture Global Inc. and Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd have announced the execution of a new, long-term LNG sales and purchase agreement (SPA).

DIALOG Group has announced the expansion of Phase 3 of the Pengerang Deepwater Terminals (PDT) in Pengerang, Johor, southeastern Malaysia.

Clariant has announced that it has signed a 10-year agreement with SECCO Petrochemicals to provide CLARITY Prime digital services at its ethylene plant in Shanghai, China.