Downstream petrochemical news

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.

Enerkem has started the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol at its biofuels facility in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Eni has signed a cooperation agreement with China National Petroleum Corp.

Magellan Midstream and Valero have formed a joint venture to expand the Pasadena marine terminal.