Downstream contract news
Trafigura enters into petrochemical trading joint venture
Trafigura Group is being joined by executives from the petrochemical industry in creating two new petrochemical trading entities.
Dow and PETRONAS collaborate to cut carbon emissions
Dow will work with PETRONAS Chemicals Group as its first carbon savings contributor to the Dow-International Olympic Committee Official Carbon Partnership.
Aramco signs supply arrangement with PKN Orlen
The agreement stipulates that Aramco will supply Arabian crude oil to the Polish oil refiner, PKN Orlen, in exchange for high sulfur fuel oil.
Siemens to deploy, operate and maintain Brazilian cogeneration plant
Braskem has signed an agreement with Siemens to modernise a cogeneration power and steam plant at its petrochemical complex in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
KBR to collaborate with BHGE in developing mid-scale LNG reference design
As part of KBR’s policy of broader collaboration for LNG solutions, KBR will install BHGE gas turbines in its LNG facilities.
MHPS H-25 Series gas turbines production technology licensed to Chinese company
MHPS have signed a TLA with CSIC Longjiang GH Gas Turbine Co. Ltd in a move aimed at meeting China’s rising demand for distributed power generation.
KBR awarded contract for Pieridae Energy’s Goldboro LNG project
KBR has won an engineering, procurement, and construction contract for Pieridae’s LNG facility in Goldboro, Nova Scotia.
NextDecade Corp and Shell reach 20-year LNG sale and purchase agreement
Shell will purchase 2 million tpy of LNG from NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export project in Brownsville, Texas, US.
Chevron Lummus Global announces successful start-up of RDS unit at NSRP in Vietnam
The 105 000 bpd RHDS unit started up in May 2018 and passed performance guarantees in December 2018.
Chart Industries, Inc. and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to jointly pursue LNG market development in India
Working together, both parties will explore opportunities for cooperation to promote natural gas and LNG development.