Downstream petrochemical news

hte and Instituto de Tecnología Química have announced the successful commercialisation of their micro downflow unit for fluid catalytic cracking catalyst testing.

SNC-Lavalin and TechnipFMC have been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract for NOVA Chemicals gas cracking furnaces.

Saudi Aramco and SABIC have awarded a project management contract to Wood for a crude oil to chemicals complex.

Honeywell UOP engineer Bipin Vora has been elected to a national academy of engineering.

Yokogawa has been awarded an order to supply gas chromatographs for a new integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in China.

The unit at the company’s Geismar site in Louisiana, US will bring total production to over 1.3 million tpy.

The Star refinery will supply feedstock to Turkish petrochemicals firm Petkim and also produce diesel, naphtha and xylenes.

Affiliates of Total, Borealis and NOVA Chemicals have signed definitive agreements to form a joint venture for petrochemicals on the US Gulf Coast.

CB&I has been awarded a technology and material supply contract for an ethylene plant in Thailand.

According to GlobalData, the US is leading in planned ethylene capacity additions by 2022.