Asia Pacific downstream news

A two-stage dry-running booster compressor manufactured by Mehrer Compression GmbH has helped the Taiwanese Oriental Union Chemical Corp. improve energy efficiency.

Toyo Engineering Corp. has secured a contract to add two naphtha cracking furnaces to increase ethylene production at Maruzen Petrochemical Co’s Chiba plant in Japan.

Under the terms of the contracts, two 100 000 metric tpy polycarbonate plants in China will use KBR's proprietary phosgene-based interfacial polycarbonate technology PCMAX™.

Reuters is reporting that the Nghi Son oil refinery in Vietnam is seeking approval from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to export oil products, according to three industry sources.

SCG has signed loans with six financial institutions and will begin construction on the Long Son Petrochemicals project this quarter.

Attendees at this year’s Tank Storage Asia conference in Singapore can expect insights on the IMO 2020 sulfur fuel cap and future growth opportunities in South East Asia.

Honeywell UOP’s R-364 catalyst is being used at Fuji Oil’s Sodegaura refinery in Japan to produce more aromatics from naphtha feedstock.

Praxair has started up two new air separation plants to supply China National Offshore Oil Corp.’s petrochemical park.

Jiangsu Jiarui Chemical Co. Ltd will use a Honeywell UOP technology to produce polymer-grade propylene at its facility in the Taixing Industrial Zone.

Rotork will supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators as well as valve gearboxes to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd for flow control.