Asia Pacific downstream news

ExxonMobil has completed the heavy lift of a new lubricants reactor at its Singapore Refinery.

ExxonMobil has awarded Sinochem Hongrun Petrochemical Co. Ltd a technology license to build a resid upgrading unit.

CB&I has been awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Co. Ltd for a petrochemical plant in China.

Hainan Huasheng New Material Technology Co. Ltd has awarded CB&I a contract for the license and engineering design for a diphenyl carbonate petrochemical unit.

ADNOC has signed two new three-year deals for the sale of up to 1.5 million tpy of naphtha as part of its 2030 smart growth strategy.

The companies have announced the formation of two new joint ventures for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development project in Malaysia.

Two liquid ethylene gas carriers built by CIMC Sinopacific with Wärtsilä cargo handling systems onboard have been named and delivered.

According to a GlobalData report, merger and acquisition deals in the downstream sector totalled $21.1 billion in 2H17, down from $26.2 billion in 1H17.

The 700 000 tpy unit failed to restart as normal on Monday, following an unexpected idling due to minor glitches early that day.

The work entails a maintenance build contract for work on BP’s Tangguh LNG expansion project in Indonesia.