Downstream petrochemical news

Caliche Development Partners has announced its first customer acquisition and long-term storage services agreement for ethylene.

Braskem and The Linde Group have selected Bilfinger Westcon Inc. as their lead mechanical subcontractor for a new polypropylene production line.

Clariant has launched a new acetylene selective hydrogenation catalyst, which is delivering high performance at a Dow ethylene production plant.

GTC is licensing its aromatics recovery unit for a Chandra Asri petrochemical project.

Formosa Plastics has announced the process technologies that will be used for its Texas PE and PP plant expansions.

Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co. Ltd has used INVISTA’s latest technology for its fourth purified terephthalic acid line.

SABIC and ExxonMobil have created a new joint venture to advance the development of a Gulf Coast Project.

Clariant has been awarded a contract by Jinneng Science & Technology Co. to design a single-train propane dehydrogenation unit in collaboration with CB&I.

Gulf Island has delivered petrochemical modules for an ethylene plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, US.

Saudi Aramco and SABIC have awarded a crude oil-to-chemicals project management and FEED contract to KBR.