Downstream petrochemical news

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.

INEOS has won an award from GE Water & Process Technologies for its reductions in water usage at its Grangemouth petrochemical plant.

PTTGC meets with key foreign investors as it aims to expand petrochemical industry investments in the Eastern Economic Corridor.

Amec Foster Wheeler has been awarded a US$604 million EPC contract for YCI’s methanol plant in Louisiana, US.