Downstream petrochemical news

GobalData reports that Asia and North America will lead global polyethylene capacity additions by 2023.

Aramco Trading’s new Fujairah office will handle all gasoline and fuel oil storage and blending activities, as part of a push into new markets.

ExxonMobil and SABIC will proceed with their proposed Gulf Coast petrochemicals facility, including a 1.8 million t ethane steam cracker.

McDermott has been awarded a technology contract in China for a large paraxylene plant.

Clariant has released CATOFIN 311, a propane dehydrogenation catalyst which the company says has greater selectivity and a longer lifetime.

To meet growing global demand, ExxonMobil has completed the expansion of its Group II base stocks capacity at its Singapore complex.

Wood has been awarded a FEED contract for DRPIC’s proposed onshore petrochemicals facility in southern Oman.

Fluor has announced that its EPC project for Milliken’s chemical plant expansion in South Carolina is now underway.

Setting almost 400 modules, Mammoet achieved successful scope completion at Sasol’s ethane cracker and derivatives project at Lake Charles.

DuPont Sustainable Solutions will assist Rain Carbon with its risk management for the company’s global safety support programme.