Downstream petrochemical news

The three companies will work together to study the feasibility and sustainability of transforming liquefied waste plastic into refinery raw material.

The transaction adds to Topsoe’s portfolio of catalyst and proprietary technologies for the chemical and refining industries.

Toyo Engineering Corp. has secured a contract to add two naphtha cracking furnaces to increase ethylene production at Maruzen Petrochemical Co’s Chiba plant in Japan.

Under the terms of the contracts, two 100 000 metric tpy polycarbonate plants in China will use KBR's proprietary phosgene-based interfacial polycarbonate technology PCMAX™.

Andrea Carcanco of Nozomi Networks told Black Hat conference attendees yesterday that further Triton-like attacks against industrial control systems are likely.

Dmitry Konov, Chief Executive of the Russian petrochemicals producer Sibur, has told Reuters that the company is looking at various options on capital markets, but chose not to confirm whether that included plans for an initial public offering.

Reuters is reporting that the Nghi Son oil refinery in Vietnam is seeking approval from the Ministry of Trade and Industry to export oil products, according to three industry sources.

SCG has signed loans with six financial institutions and will begin construction on the Long Son Petrochemicals project this quarter.

S & B Engineers and Constructors has moved its Northeast Operations office to a larger space in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

The combined solution of Cost Engineering’s Cleopatra Enterprise and KBC’s Petro-SIM platforms is applicable to NGL processing, oil refining and petrochemical operations.