Downstream petrochemical news
Agility to manage logistics for Carbon Holdings
Agility has signed a memorandum of understanding to manage logistics at Carbon Holdings’ industrial facilities in Egypt, including construction of the new Tahrir Petrochemicals Complex.
Independent research firm recognises Petrotechnics, a Sphera Company, as an operational risk software leader
Petrotechnics, a Sphera company, has been named a leader in the Verdantix ORM Green Quadrant benchmark report.
Wood Mackenzie: India’s oil growth momentum to exceed China’s in 2019
Aman Verma, Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie, comments on India’s oil products outlook.
Honeywell technology selected for China’s largest petrochemicals project
Honeywell will provide process technology, engineering design, catalysts and control and automation technologies.
China to account for 44% of Asia’s crude oil refining capacity in 2023, says GlobalData
The country’s total refining capacity is forecast to increase at an AAGR of 4.5% in 2023.
India to contribute 15% of Asia’s crude oil refining capacity in 2023, says GlobalData
The country’s total refining capacity is set to grow at an AAGR of 5.3% in 2023.
Sipchem schedules periodic maintenance turnaround for diol plant
The financial impact of the scheduled maintenance will be announced once the activity is completed.
INEOS announces mega-investment in port of Antwerp
The capital outlay is the largest in the European chemical industry in the past two decades.
PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim and Haldor Topsoe sign methanol unit contract
The new methanol unit is expected to make the isoprene facilities more efficient and reduce production costs.
Kemira forms chemicals JV in South Korea
NewCo will produce dry polyacrylamide and cationic monomer A9 among other chemicals.