Downstream petrochemical news

Among the services available will be the repair and reconditioning of reciprocating compressor valves and packing cases.

The methyl tert-butyl ether and Butene 1 plants are the first of their kind in Indonesia, according to the company.

Lummus' Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil NNOS for a petrochemical facility in Kstovo, Russia.

Shell has said it will replace the ethylene steam cracker furnaces at its Moerdijk petrochemicals complex in the Netherlands.

BUA Group has selected Axens as the technology provider for its greenfield 200 000 bpd refinery and petrochemical plant in Nigeria.

Chemetry and Braskem will construct and operate a Demonstration Plant using Chemetry's eShuttle® technology for the production of ethylene dichloride in Brazil.

Idemitsu is to close its butanediol production plant at the Chiba complex.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies is to provide catalyst for the core reaction unit of Shenghong Refining and Chemical's grassroots ethylene plant in Lianyungang, China.

The Amur GCC project envisages construction of a basic polymer production facility with a total capacity of 2.7 million tpy (2.3 million tpy of polyethylene and 400 000 tpy of polypropylene).

JET Infrastructure, owner and operator of jet fuel pipelines and terminals supplying major hub airports and urban growth centres across the US, has announced the addition of Graeme Burnett to its Advisory Board.