Asia Pacific downstream news

Taiyo Oil Co., Ltd and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. have announced that they have started a collaborative study to expand the supply of chemically recycled products.

Quantem has officially opened its expanded Pelican Point Terminal in Adelaide, Australia, following a AUS$52 million project to add 90 000 m3 of new diesel storage capacity at the site.

PETRONAS has delivered SAF to KL International Airport (KLIA) for the MAG, establishing PETRONAS’ in-house capability and readiness to provide SAF supply in Malaysia.

Woodside and Petronas have finalised a fully termed sale and purchase agreement (SPA) for the supply of 1 million tpy of LNG to Malaysia from 2028 for a period of 15 years.

LNJ GreenPET have announced the signing of an MoU with Sumitomo Corp. to establish collaboration in the growing recycled polyethylene terephthalate (r-PET) sector in India.

TotalEnergies has signed a heads of agreement for the annual delivery in South Korea of 1 million tpy of LNG over a 10-year period.

Aramco, Sinopec, and FPCL have announced the establishment of a new joint venture, Fujian Sinopec Aramco Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd, to develop an integrated refining and petrochemical complex in China.

ExxonMobil Corp. and GHGSat have announced a partnership to monitor and mitigate methane at scale across ExxonMobil’s onshore operations globally.

Axens has started up a 100% SAF unit at site in Asia, which has the capacity to entirely convert 300 000 tpy of renewable feedstock into high value SAF.

Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical have established an LLP to achieve carbon neutrality and production capacity optimisation for two ethylene manufacturing facilities in Western Japan.