Asia Pacific downstream news

Hengyi Industries Sdn. Bhd., has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL PE Process for its world-scale 600 000 tpy polyethylene plant to be located in Palau Muara Besar, Brunei.

The joint venture will construct a new propylene oxide and styrene monomer unit in Zhenhai Ningbo, China.

The first cargo of gas delivered under BP’s new terminal usage agreement at the Guangdong Dapeng LNG Company Limited (GDLNG) import terminal in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, arrived on 24 January.

Air Liquide’s first contract with BASF in the Yeosu National Industrial Complex was signed 20 years ago.

Global acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene capacity is poised to register a total growth of 19% from 11.36 million tpy in 2019 to 13.49 million tpy in 2024, according to GlobalData.

Annual throughput stood at 674.41 million t in 2020, or about 13.45 million bpd, up roughly 410 000 bpd from 2019, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.

Callidus burners reduced Hengli’s emissions, improving air quality and helping to eliminate causes of acid rain.

The Seri Erlang VLEC is the second of six contracted VLECs purpose-built for longterm charter to Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (STL).

The region had a refining capacity of 11.5 million bpd under both planned and unplanned maintenance in 2020, according to GlobalData.

Air Products will build, own and operate several onsite gas production facilities in the Binzhou Port-centred Chemical Industry Park.