Asia Pacific downstream news

Shell will halve crude processing capacity and cut jobs at its Pulau Bukom oil refinery in Singapore.

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.

The UNIPOL PP facility, located in Tuban, Indonesia, will include two lines, each designed to produce 580 000 tpy of polypropylene.

Rotork’s GP heavy-duty scotch yoke actuators have been installed at a South Korean LNG Terminal.

According to GlobalData, Asia is expected to witness the highest global liquids storage capacity additions, contributing around 46% by 2024.

Oriental Energy Company Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology for propane dehydrogenation.

Marie Tecnimont Group’s NextChem and Indian Oil Corp. have signed a circular economy memorandum of understanding (MOU) for India.

China has started building a mega petrochemical and refining complex in Shandong province this week, according to local state media reports.

Eastern Pacific Shipping has won a bid to purchase, build, and operate four 98 000 m3 VLECs for China-based Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical.

Shell & AMG Recycling B.V. has arranged with Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co., Ltd. to evaluate the potential for construction and operation of a spent catalyst recycling facility in Yantai, China.