Downstream contract news

W. R. Grace & Co (Grace) has announced that Oriental Energy Co. Ltd has started up a new plant with Grace’s UNIPOL® PP process technology.

Lummus Technology has announced that Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. (HPL) will license its olefins conversion technology (OCT) and the Lummus/Versalis cumene and phenol technologies for a new plant in West Bengal, India.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Vitol Inc. have announced their entrance into a Heads of Agreement with Chesapeake Energy Marketing L.L.C., a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy Corp.

Yokogawa Solution Service Corp. has announced the conclusion of an agreement with Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd. on the joint development of a small-scale distributed chemical recycling system that uses microwave heating.

Axens and ZPJE have established Nectis, a joint venture (JV) dedicated to the promotion and sale of spiral tubes heat exchangers.

Emirates and Neste have expanded their partnership by solidifying their collaboration for the supply of over 3 million gal. of blended Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in 2024 and 2025.

Yokogawa Corp. of America, a supplier of industrial automation and instrumentation solutions, has announced a distribution agreement with Valin Corporation.

DHL Express and World Energy have signed a long-term strategic agreement to accelerate the decarbonisation of aviation logistics.

Arcadia eFuels has selected Plug Power to provide a 280 MW proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser system to Arcadia’s Vordingborg plant for the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Aramco, Nanshan Group, Shandong Energy Group and Shandong Yulong Petrochemical have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).