Asia Pacific downstream news

BASF has announced the official inauguration of its newly built Verbund site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province in southern China.

A strong manufacturing sector prompts China to account for more than a third of global plastics consumption, according to GlobalData.

MAIRE has announced that Nextchem has been awarded two feasibility studies in Southern Africa and Southeast Asia dedicated to mechanical upcycling and compounding plants.

Econotherm has announced that it has been awarded a contract to supply a heat pipe-based fired heater air-preheater to a major refiner in Thailand.

REZEL Catalysts Corp. has been awarded a contract to supply catalysts for a 600 000 t CATOFIN™ PDH unit operated by Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. in China.

EcoCeres Inc. has launched a sustainable aviation fuel pilot programme in China, codenamed Project Spark.

thyssenkrupp nucera has been awarded the FEED study by Juno Joule for a 260 MW green hydrogen electrolysis project in India.

JERA Co., Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea Gas Corp. with the aim of strengthening energy security in Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Axens has joined Downer Group, CEA, and H2Potential who have been developing a pre-FEED study for an Australian efuels plant under FACET.

EnerMech has secured a five-year contract to deliver integrated mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation (ME&I) maintenance services at Ampol’s Lytton Refinery in Brisbane, Australia.