Asia/Pacific

Angola's state oil firm Sonangol seeks $4.8-B loan from China for refinery

The financing, if completed, will mark the first borrowing by the Southern African oil producer from China since 2017, when it opted to reduce its exposure to resource-backed loans.

South Korea approves nearly $1.4-B petrochemical restructuring deal as supply glut weighs

Malaysia's Prefchem cuts refinery output after shutting gasoline unit

Dimensional Energy and Idemitsu partner on low‑carbon fuels and materials

Leveraging each company’s technological expertise, business assets, and regional networks, both parties seek to create new value that contributes to betterment of the environment and sustainable development of the society and economy of the Americas.

Update on Asian refinery maintenance/turnarounds and outages

Asia refinery 2026 maintenance/outages

Planned and unplanned refinery shutdowns for 2026 are compiled through a survey of Asian oil refiners and market sources.

Chandra Asri's chlor alkali-ethylene dichloride project reaches 50% completion

Zeon Corp. holds groundbreaking for new cyclo-olefin polymers plant

Indian refiners' January crude processing slips 0.2% from a month earlier

On a year-on-year basis, refinery throughput was little changed in January. India is the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer.

AGC Vinythai commissions expanded chlor-alkali plant and e-BiTAC electrolyzers from thyssenkrupp nucera