Asia Pacific downstream news

Indonesian oil and gas company Pertamina and Clariant have collaborated in an advanced biofuels assessment.

McDermott’s CB&I Storage Solutions business has been awarded an LNG storage contract for the Philippines’ first LNG import terminal.

KBR Inc. has signed a license agreement for its proprietary K-PRO™ propane dehydrogenation (PDH) technology to convert propane into propylene for JS Energy Ltd’s planned project in Pakistan.

W. R. Grace & Co. has licensed its UNIPOL® PP process technology to the new MTO gas chemical complex, located in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan, to Enter Engineering.

Uzbekistan GTL LLC has issued an update on the current state of the construction of its complex for the production of synthetic liquid fuel in the region.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies will supply ethylene oxide catalyst to Jiangsu Dynamic Chemical, and will provide technical services utilising Shell’s upstream and downstream expertise.

Chevron and Hokkaido Gas Co. Ltd have signed a new agreement for the delivery of LNG from Chevron’s global LNG portfolio to the Hokkaido area, Japan.

Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd (HPCL) has acquired a 50% equity stake in HPCL Shapoorji Energy Private Ltd (HSEPL) from S P Ports Private Ltd.

Puma Bitumen has announced the opening of its latest bitumen terminal in Chennai, India. The new terminal will produce up to 40 000 tpy of asphalt to support infrastructure growth in the country.

Clariant’s additives business aims to support the needs of China’s growth industries, with new facilities to foster R&D and joint application technology developments at the One Clariant Campus (OCC).