Downstream petrochemical news

The two companies will co-operate on strategic projects in Africa to provide and finance centrifugal pumps and associated equipment on attractive financing terms.

Hengyi Industries Sdn. Bhd., has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL PE Process for its world-scale 600 000 tpy polyethylene plant to be located in Palau Muara Besar, Brunei.

The joint venture will construct a new propylene oxide and styrene monomer unit in Zhenhai Ningbo, China.

The measures aim to increase the site’s ethylene and propylene production capacity.

The Seri Everest, the world’s largest VLEC, departed from Energy Transfer’s Nederland Terminal in Texas on 17 January 2021 loaded with over 911 000 barrels of ethane.

Global acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene capacity is poised to register a total growth of 19% from 11.36 million tpy in 2019 to 13.49 million tpy in 2024, according to GlobalData.

Callidus burners reduced Hengli’s emissions, improving air quality and helping to eliminate causes of acid rain.

The report by Airswift and Energy Jobline reveals that 86% of those working in petrochemicals believe that life in the sector will be permanently changed by the events of the past year.

Logan Industries is offering the service at its new Pressure Vessel Heat Exchanger facility in Hempstead, Texas, US.

The Seri Erlang VLEC is the second of six contracted VLECs purpose-built for longterm charter to Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (STL).