Downstream news

Petron Corp. will expand and upgrade its Limay refinery in the Philippines with technologies from Honeywell UOP.

Holly Energy Partners has engaged AECOM to perform a feasibility study on a potential refined product pipeline in the Permian Basin.

Athlon will become part of the Halliburton Multi-Chem business line.

The new Primary Liquid Densitometer will deliver enhanced flow meter calibration accuracy.

BASF has introduced Fourte FCC catalyst for refiners targeting an increase to their gasoline pool octane.

PRCI research indicates that vapour corrosion inhibitors reduce corrosion of soil-side bottom plates of aboveground petroleum storage tanks.

Bear Head LNG and Cape Breton Building and Construction Trades have signed a Memorandum of Agreement, ensuring access to a skilled workforce.

Orpic aims to meet plastic demand with its Liwa Plastics Industries Complex project, which will include a refinery, aromatics plant, steam cracker and downstream polypropylene and polyethylene plants.

Saudi Aramco and SABIC have awarded a contract to KBR for the development of part of a crude-oil-to-chemicals complex.

Praxair has started up two new air separation plants to supply China National Offshore Oil Corp.’s petrochemical park.