Downstream petrochemical news

The EIA has updated its data series for propane and other hydrocarbon gas liquids in its Monthly Energy Review.

Idemitsu has announced that it has opened its 50 000 kl lubricant manufacturing plant in Bekasi, Indonesia.

ABB will install an extended automation system at a SABIC pilot plant in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

KIPIC has selected Honeywell as the main automation contractor for its PRIZe petrochemicals project in Kuwait.

Fluor is ready to proceed with ExxonMobil’s FAST project at its Fawley site in the UK, building a new plant and modifying existing facilities.

Neste and Ravago have announced plans to collaborate in the development of industrial-scale chemical recycling of plastic waste.

Its third location in Asia-Pacific, Clariant Catalysts has opened a new office in Jakarta.

LyondellBasell has announced that it has completed 20% of the construction of its PO/TBA petrochemical facility on the Gulf Coast.

MOL has acquired the German plastic compounder company, Aurora Group, strengthening its position in recycled plastics.

McDermott’s Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Formosa for an alpha-methylstyrene recovery unit in China.