Asia Pacific downstream news
MHI receives contract for Bangladesh fertilizer plant
MHI will undertake EPC responsibilities for the plant to be built in Polash, 50 km northeast of Dhaka.
KBC establishes energy and sustainability co-pilot hub in Singapore
Hub aimed at reducing energy costs and emissions of Singapore-based companies by 10%.
Total Australia LNG project begins gas exports
Ichthys LNG terminal and liquefaction facility has exported its first cargo.
Saudi Aramco signs MoU with Zhejiang Petrochemical
Saudi Aramco will acquire a share of Zhejiang’s new refinery project.
KBR awarded ammonia LBED contract by Linggu Chemical
Plant in Jiangsu Province, China, will receive a new ammonia synthesis unit.
Total partners with Adani Group to expand natural gas, fuel retail activities in India
Companies to develop regasification LNG terminals across India.
Wood wins new IRPC contract in Southeast Asia
Wood will provide front-end engineering design for a new paraxylene complex in Thailand.
US-China dispute will disrupt polyolefins trade, says Wood Mackenzie
Wood Mackenzie’s latest research report forecasts US polyolefins exports to China to halve in 2019.
ESAI: China mega-refineries barely impact diesel supply
China will add 900 000 bpd of crude distillation capacity between late 2018 and early 2019, but China’s overall production of transport fuels will grow less than one might think, according to ESAI Energy’s newly released China Watch.
Asia will contribute 38% of global refinery coking units capacity additions by 2022, says GlobalData
New report forecasts Asia to be the major contributor to the growth of the global refinery coking units industry between 2018 and 2022.