Downstream contract news

INEOS has announced a major £150 million investment to underpin the long-term future of its Grangemouth site in Scotland, one of the UK’s most important industrial assets.

MISTRAS Group Inc. has been selected by Bechtel to deliver non-destructive testing services for the Woodside Louisiana LNG terminal.

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. has announced that its’ affiliate Kumho Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has decided to further increase the capacity of its production facilities for methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI).

Clean Planet Technologies has secured US and Saudi patents for its pyrolysis-oil upgrading process, strengthening the UK’s plastics-to-SAF innovation push.

NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) has been awarded a feasibility study by Röhm for a PMMA-polymer chemical recycling plant in Germany based on its NXReTM technology.

VTTI and Höegh Evi are taking the next step in the permitting process for Zeeland Energy Terminal (ZET), the Netherlands.

Kelton has announced two new contracts in the Middle East, totalling over US$1.3 million for an initial scope of work.

Michelin, IFPEN, and Axens have announced significant advancements in the BioButterfly™ project which aims to produce bio-based butadiene from bioethanol.

Borouge and Borealis has announced the launch of Recleo™, a new global brand for mechanically recycled polyolefins suited for a broad range of polyolefin (PO) applications.

ExxonMobil, Aramco, and Samref have signed an agreement to evaluate a significant upgrade of the Samref refinery, in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, and an expansion of the facility into an integrated petrochemical complex.