Downstream petrochemical news

Hunter Buildings has helped to construct a facility for petrochemical, energy and technology training at San Jacinto College.

LyondellBasell has awarded Fluor a contract for the world’s largest propylene oxide and tertiary butyl alcohol plant.

Ecopetrol has signed a contract to deliver propylene to its Comai subsidiary.

Burckhardt Compression has provided a turnkey solution for an LDPE plant overhaul in France.

Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed a new contract with Yulin Energy and Chemical Corp.

Petrotechnics’s 2017 Operational Risk and Process Safety Management survey results suggests that only 6% believe their companies are up-to-date with scheduled safety critical maintenance.

ExxonMobil’s Baytown and Beaumont Refineries have begun fuels production and its chemical plants are ramping up to normal operation.

Dow has announced the start-up of an ethylene production facility and polyethylene units in Texas.

Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. as successfully completed commissioning and begun start-up of its new polyethylene units in Old Ocean, Texas, US.

BHGE and KBC announced a preferred partnership that will provide process simulation, asset performance management and operational software solutions to the oil and gas industry.