Asia Pacific downstream news

Lummus Technology has announced an award for its ethylbenzene technology from a customer in Jiangsu Province, China.

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) has signed an agreement with Qatar Petroleum to purchase 2 million tpy of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for a term of 10 years.

Lotte GS Chemical Corp. has selected Honeywell technology for its phenol and acetone production at its petrochemicals facility in Yeosu, Korea.

Clariant Catalysts has opened a new research and development (R&D) centre at its new One Clariant Campus (OCC) in Shanghai.

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has awarded a third liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker supplier license to Total’s subsidiary Total Marine Fuels Private Ltd.

ADNOC LNG has awarded a rejuvenation FEED contract to Worley to extend the life cycle of two LNG trains located in ADNOC’s Das Island Facilities.

According to GlobalData, China is expected to lead the liquids storage capacity growth in Asia, contributing about 50% of the total capacity growth between 2021 and 2025.

Dow has signed an agreement with the Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee (Zhanjiang EDZ) to build the ‘Dow South China Specialties Hub’.

Hengyi Industries will use advanced reforming and aromatics technologies from Honeywell UOP at its integrated petrochemical complex in Pulau Muara Besar, Brunei.

As much as 743 000 bpd of oil-processing capacity has been idled, nearly 22% of Japan’s roughly 3.4 million bpd capacity.