Asia Pacific downstream news

Neste, Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corp. have announced that they are joining forces to enable Japan’s first industrial-scale production of renewable plastics and chemicals from 100% bio-based hydrocarbons.

Engro Corp. will select Honeywell technology for its integrated propane dehydrogenation complex in Pakistan.

Industry partners have joined to jointly explore the development of a liquefied hydrogen supply infrastructure for Keppel’s data centres in Singapore.

Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) will use Honeywell UOP technology to produce cleaner-burning diesel fuel in compliance with India’s BS-VI emission standards and increase crude oil conversion.

A new polypropylene line has been commissioned at the Daesan integrated refining and petrochemical complex in South Korea, adding a further 60% to its production capacity.

Maire Tecnimont Group has expanded its petrochemical business in India with a new US$450 million contract by IOCL.

Neptune Energy has welcomed the announcement by the operator, Eni, that production has started from its Merakes development, located in the East Sepinggan block, offshore Indonesia.

Siemens Energy has been selected to supply two low-emission compression trains for Phase I of the Gazli underground gas storage (UGS) project in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan.

Technip Energies has passed the final performance acceptance test for Hengli’s largest liquids ethylene cracker in China.

Air Products has announced that the Kochi industrial gas complex is supplying syngas to the propylene derivatives petrochemical project (PDPP) at the Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) Kochi refinery, India.