Downstream news

Significant contracts in 4Q20 included Samsung Ingenieria Manzanillo and Asociados Constructores’ US$3.6 billion EPC contract for various units of Dos Bocas refinery project in Mexico; and Samsung Engineering’s US$1.07 billion contract for the provision of licensor, engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (LEPCC) services for a methanol production facility in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

The US$100 million announced under DOE’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy programme aims to identify and help develop cutting-edge, innovative technologies needed to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and tackle climate change.

The new plants join two existing ASUs, also built and operated by Linde, to support phase I and II of Wanhua Chemical's integrated chemical site and production centre in Yantai, China.

Sibur's Amur Gas Chemical Complex in Eastern Siberia, Russia, could start operations by mid-2024.

Keith Warren, Servomex, UK, outlines how marine vapour recovery challenges can be solved through effective gas analysis.

Shell has set out its strategy to accelerate its transformation into a provider of net-zero emissions energy products and services.

Kentech Corporate Holdings Ltd has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the oil and gas business of SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.

The decision was made following an extensive review of operations at Australia’s smallest refinery, which commenced operation in 1949.

The EIA reports that Northeast US distillate inventories have declined but remain above normal.

The upgrade is part of an expansion of the facility to incorporate propylene and polypropylene production and increase the supply of petrochemical products to domestic and international customers.