Downstream petrochemical news

A partnership with India would help Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, find a stable outlet for its crude.

Sinopec has debuted its new 4000-t crawler crane with a washing tower lift at the SABIC petrochemical project site in Saudi Arabia.

Gazprom Neft has announced that active construction has begun of Russia’s first modern catalyst production facility.

BP has announced plans to construct a US$25 million pilot plant to test its new PET plastic recycling technology.

DuPont has announced that the final absorption tower it installed for Nuova Solmine is performing well following tests.

Honeywell UOP has announced the resumption of its production of florescent indicator dyed gel used to certify fuel composition.

Saudi Aramco has announced the successful relocation and placement of a 544 t naphtha splitter.

Saudi Aramco and Total have awarded McDermott a contract for what will be one of the largest mixed feed crackers in the world.

BP and ZPCC have signed an agreement to explore the creation of an acetic acid joint venture in China.

Arkema has brought a new 90 000 t acrylic acid reactor on stream at its Clear Lake site in Texas, US.