Downstream petrochemical news
ExxonMobil selects Syngergy Additives as authorised distributor
Synergy Additives has been selected by ExxonMobil as an authorised distributor of the company’s Group IV and Group V synthetic products.
Bilfinger UK awarded maintenance contracts with INEOS
Bilfinger UK has been awarded multimillion-pound contracts to deliver maintenance services for global chemical producer INEOS at two sites in Scotland.
Dow fits Louisiana mixed-feed cracker with propylene technology
Dow will retrofit fluidised catalytic dehydrogenation technology to its mixed-feed crackers in Plaquemine, Louisiana, to produce propylene.
Chevron Lummus Global awarded hydroprocessing technology contract
Chevron Lummus Global has been awarded a contract by Weifang Hongrun Petrochemical Technology for two petrochemical units based in China.
Grace licenses polypropylene technology to PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical
PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical will use Grace technology for a 500 000 tpy polypropylene facility.
Chevron Lummus Global awarded Spanish refinery contract
Chevron Lummus Global will provide hydrotreating technology for Compañía Española de Petróleos’ refinery in Spain.
World’s largest dehydrogenation plant successfully started up
Clariant has announced that Hengli’s new dehydrogenation plant in China has been successfully started up.
Honeywell UOP commissions second propylene plant for Zhejiang Satellite
Honeywell UOP’s catalytic dehydrogenation technology is being used in a 450 000 tpy petrochemicals unit in China belonging to Zhejiang Satellite.
BASF and the University of Heidelberg continue their cooperation
BASF and the University of Heidelberg have signed a contract to extend their Catalysis Research Laboratory cooperation by three years.
Dow to divest its Acetone Derivatives business
Dow is divesting its Acetone Derivatives business to ALTIVIA Ketones & Additives.