Asia Pacific downstream news

The plant, located in northwestern China, began 45 days of maintenance on 1 July.

The company has started up a fifth purified terephthalic acid line on Changxing Island in Dalian, China.

Covid-19 and a pessimistic economic outlook will have a near-term impact on oil demand and the refining sector in Asia Pacific. But in the long-run, demand continues to be robust driven by a future demand for mobility and petrochemicals.

The civil works is part of a project to transform the existing oil refinery in Sriracha into an environmental-friendly facility that will produce higher quality transportation fuels.

UOP's modular natural gas processing technology is to be used in the development of a 900 million ft3/d offshore gas purification plant in the Kasawari gas field.

Both companies will explore the option to invest in hydrogen production and filling facilities, and further the use of hydrogen in industrial applications, particularly mobility.

Hengyuan Refining Company Bhd. is using Honeywell UOP’s modular Chlorsorb technology as part of a revamp of its existing UOP CCR Platforming unit to help it comply with new clean air regulations.

Jiangsu Jinneng’s catalytic combustion unit and Clariant’s highly effective EnviCat VOC catalyst have been in successful operation at the phthalic anhydride plant of Shandong Qilu Plasticizers Co. Ltd. since November 2019.

Chevron Lummus Global and Applied Research Associates, Inc. have announced the successful startup of euglena Co., Ltd.'s integrated Biofuels ISOCONVERSION unit in Yokohama, Japan.

Asia will account for about half of global liquids storage capacity growth by 2024 according to GlobalData.