Downstream news

Sipchem’s polybutylene terephthalate plant has started commercial operations.

AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals to upgrade Rotterdam chlor-alkali plant.

BASF introduce a new catalyst for heavy resid feedstock applications.

Praxair Inc. has signed an agreement to sell European assets to Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp.

GTT has concluded a contract with the VARD shipyard for the supply of LNG tanks for a Ponant ship.

Servomex has appointed Gerd Buettner as Regional Sales Manager for Germany and Eastern Europe.

INEOS has committed to building a new chemical cracker and propane dehydrogenation plant in North West Europe with a €2.7 billion investment.

Rotork will supply electric and pneumatic valve actuators as well as valve gearboxes to Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery Co. Ltd for flow control.

MPC and Andeavor have received the necessary regulatory clearance for MPC to acquire all of Andeavor’s outstanding shares.

KBR has been awarded a contract to revamp Haifa Chemicals’ nitric acid plant in Israel.