Asia Pacific downstream news

Pengerang Biorefinery Sdn. Bhd., a JV between PETRONAS, Enilive, and Euglena, marked a milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony for the development of the new biorefinery in Pengerang, Johor, Malaysia.

BASF has commenced production of the first products from the core of the Verbund at its Zhanjiang Verbund site in South China, marking a milestone in the company’s largest single investment project to date.

Chiyoda has announced that it has been awarded the FEED contract for installing SAF production facilities in Taiyo Oil’s Okinawa Operations, Japan.

BPCL and Oil India are set to build an integrated greenfield refinery and petrochemical plant in Ramayapatnam, India, with an estimated investment of IR1 lakh crore (US$11 billion).

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Polyplastics Co. Ltd have announced that the companies have entered into a contract regarding marketing operations for engineering plastics products.

Yokogawa has announced it has signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) with Sinopec Engineering (SEG) to collaborate on engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) for SEG's projects worldwide.

Petrobras has signed a 6 million bbl oil sales contract with the Indian state-owned refiner Hindustan Petroleum Corp. (HPCL ) on the 16 October 2025.

RINA has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) contract by PETRONAS for the southern onshore facilities of Malaysia’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) development.

At the 7th National Alkane Dehydrogenation Industry Innovation and Development Forum in Ningbo, China, on 26 August 2025, Rezel Catalysts Corp. announced the successful first industrial application of its independently developed chromium-based fixed-bed propane dehydrogenation (PDH) catalyst.

Clariant completes its CHF 100 million investment in the Daya Bay facility, China, with the second production line fully operational in November 2025.