Downstream petrochemical news

The recent Chem Show Business Outlook Survey indicates growth in business prospects and sales throughout 2019.

Phu My Plastics Production JSC to become first in Vietnam to use Honeywell’s Oleflex™ propane dehydrogenation technology.

Borealis wards engineering services has awarded an engineering services (ECPM) contract to Maire Tecnimont Group for a new world-scale propane dehydrogenation plant in Belgium.

Wood has been awarded an US$8 million contract by ADNOC Refining to deliver pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for a new refinery in Ruwais.

Dave Godfrey will represent the ongoing interests of the organisation’s Future Leaders Programme.

Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded a contract to build a 650 000 tpy ethylene and polyethylene plant located in Ust-Kut, Irkutsk region, Russian Federation by Irkutsk Polymer Plant, a subsidiary of Irkutsk Oil Company (INK). 

US exports of ethane have increased from nearly nothing in 2013 to an average of 260 000 bpd through the first 10 months of 2018.

Toyo Engineering Korea Limited (Toyo-Korea), a Korean subsidiary of Toyo Engineering Corporation has been awarded engineering, procurement and construction project.

The facility is expected to be in-service in mid-2023.

Irving Oil will continue operation of the Top Oil business and its assets on a business-as-usual basis.