Asia Pacific downstream news
Samsung Engineering receives contract for Sarawak methanol plant
Samsung Engineering will build a 5000 tpd methanol production facility in Bintulu, Sarawak, eastern Malaysia.
Hengli selects Aspen technology for plant digitalisation
Aspen DMC3 software will be used to accelerate digitalisation at Hengli's integrated refining and chemical plant in Dalian, China.
Lummus awarded double PDH contract in China
Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract from Ningbo Kingfa Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. for two propane dehydrogenation units
Linde increases production capacity for hydrogen refuelling stations in China
Linde and the Dalian Bingsham Group have signed a joint venture agreement to manufacture hydrogen refuelling stations in China, aiming to supply fuel cell-powered vehicles in 2021.
GlobalData: pace of economic recovery and demand dynamics to determine Southeast Asian plastics industry growth
Southeast Asian companies in the plastics industry have been forced to downsize their CAPEX for 2020 as a measure to sustain during the crisis.
Lummus Technology awarded contract for refining and petrochemical integrated project
The contract was awarded by Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China's Nanshan Group.
Xinhai to more than double refining capacity
China’s private refiner Xinhai Group expects to more than double its crude oil refining capacity by the end of 2021.
Shell cutting capacity at Singapore refinery
Shell will halve crude processing capacity and cut jobs at its Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore.
LyondellBasell grants Hostalen ACP licence to Hengyi Industries
The process technology will be used for a 450 000 tpy high density polyethylene (HDPE) facility to be built in Pulau Muara Besar, Brunei Darussalam.
Grace licenses UNIPOL technology to PT Pertamina-Rosneft joint venture
The UNIPOL PP facility, located in Tuban, Indonesia, will include two lines, each designed to produce 580 000 tpy of polypropylene.