Downstream contract news
KBR receives contract for solid acid alkylation technology
The company will provide engineering and design services for Wynnewood Refining Co.
Global Energy Talent Index 2019: young professionals positive about petrochemicals
The third annual Global Energy Talent Index (GETI) shows that petrochemicals businesses are reaping the rewards that come with a firm commitment to attracting young talent.
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.
Axens’ technology selected by Marathon Petroleum Corporation
The tool has been especially useful for network subject matter experts to compare unit performance across their refineries.
INEOS announces mega-investment in port of Antwerp
The capital outlay is the largest in the European chemical industry in the past two decades.
PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe sign methanol unit contract
The new methanol unit is expected to make the isoprene facilities more efficient and reduce production costs.