Downstream contract news
McDermott announces ethylene furnace award in Indonesia
Award includes detailed engineering of ethylene cracking heaters at the CAP2 plant.
SABIC names Chase Plastics as North America distribution partner
Chase Plastics joins Nexeo Solutions as authorised distributor of SABIC’s complete portfolio of specialty materials.
KBR receives contract for solid acid alkylation technology
The company will provide engineering and design services for Wynnewood Refining Co.
Air Products to expand nitrogen supply for leading electronic component manufacturer in Tianjin, China
Air Products has been awarded additional on-site nitrogen supply by one of its strategic global customers.
ExxonMobil, REG and Clariant to collaborate on biodiesel research
Objective is to combine technologies into a single, integrated biodiesel production process.
WorleyParsons awarded EPC contract for Pipestone gas processing plant
Encana Corp. has chosen WorleyParsons for EPC at its sour, shallow-cut gas plant.
Vitol and IFM complete acquisition of VTTI
The partnership has acquired Buckeye Partners’ 50% equity interest in the storage provider.
Uniper and Titan LNG to enable Wilhelmshaven terminal to load small LNG vessels
The distribution of LNG by truck from Wilhelmshaven is seen as an important impulse for the establishment of LNG as truck fuel.
Honeywell technology selected for China’s largest petrochemicals project
Honeywell will provide process technology, engineering design, catalysts and control and automation technologies.
INEOS announces mega-investment in port of Antwerp
The capital outlay is the largest in the European chemical industry in the past two decades.