Asia Pacific downstream news

Sinopec has registered its ‘Donghai’ asphalt brand with the Shanghai Futures Exchange.

Expanding its packaged gases filling capacity in Malaysia, Air Liquide has acquired Southern Industrial Gases.

In partnership with JITRI and Suzhou High-Speed Railway New Town, Haldor Topsoe has opened a joint R&D centre in China.

Honeywell has announced that Zibo Qixiang Tengda Chemical will use UOP proprietary technology to expand its propylene capacity.

Linde has started up two plants in China to supply oxygen and nitrogen to Taixing Jinyan Chemical Technology.

BP and ZPCC have signed an agreement to explore the creation of an acetic acid joint venture in China.

A five-member team from NUS Engineering, Keppel Data Centres and SLNG will jointly develop a prototype of a new cooling medium that can achieve two key functions: firstly, to efficiently store and carry cold energy from the Singapore LNG Terminal to the various data centres, and secondly, to be circulated within the cooling loop in each data centre to perform effective cooling.

Total China Investment (TCI) will hold a 49% share in the new company while Zhejiang Zheneng Petroleum New Energy (ZZPNE) will hold the remaining.

A report from GlobalData has found that China will contribute 59% of Asia and Oceania’s liquids storage capacity growth by 2023.

Gazprom Neft has established a subsidiary in Singapore to develop its international marine lubricants business.