Downstream contract news

Albemarle Corp. has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a controlling stake in Ketjen Corp.’s refining catalyst solutions business to KPS Capital Partners, LP (KPS).

Chiyoda has announced that it has been awarded the FEED contract for installing SAF production facilities in Taiyo Oil’s Okinawa Operations, Japan.

BPCL and Oil India are set to build an integrated greenfield refinery and petrochemical plant in Ramayapatnam, India, with an estimated investment of IR1 lakh crore (US$11 billion).

Forestal has selected Topsoe to deliver its solid oxide electrolyser cell (SOEC) technology to produce hydrogen for Forestal’s e-methanol plant in Galicia, Spain.

Burckhardt Compression has delivered a turnkey compression solution for a manufacturer of engineered cryogenic gas processing equipment and small scale LNG and industrial gas plants in Nicaragua and the Bahamas.

SIAD Americas LLC has been selected to provide an air separation unit for the Pacifico Mexinol ultra-low carbon methanol project in Sinaloa, Mexico.

Braskem S.A. has announced it will increase the ethane base capacity of its petrochemical plant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by 220 000 tpy of ethylene and equivalent volumes of polyethylene.

Baker Hughes has announced an award from Technip Energies to supply a steam turbine generator along with critical centrifugal compression equipment for the Blue Point Number One Ammonia Project in Modeste, Louisiana, US.

Crystaphase has been named a Partner in Collaboration award winner in Marathon Petroleum Corp.’s 10th Annual Supplier Recognition Awards.

Plug Power has partnered with Edgewood Renewables to build a renewable fuels facility in Nevada, US, utilising renewable natural gas and low-carbon hydrogen.