Asia/Pacific
Air Liquide wins engineering work on YCI’s new Louisiana methanol project
Yuhuang Chemical (YCI) has awarded a detailed engineering and procurement services contract to Air Liquide for YCI’s 1.7-million tpy methanol plant located in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
Fire at Shell’s Singapore refining plant injures six
A fire broke out on Friday evening at Shell's Pulau Bukom refining and petrochemical complex in Singapore, leading to burn injuries for six contract workers. Three are in critical condition.
Afton Chemical to expand Singapore additives site
The second phase, which includes the construction of additional component production units, will more than double Afton’s investment in Jurong Island for a total of about S$400 million.
UOP technology drives China’s first dual plants for propylene, isobutylene
The new unit, which is the first of three in China, uses Honeywell UOP’s C3/C4 Oleflex process technology to produce propylene, a building block for making plastics, packaging and synthetic fiber, and isobutylene, a component used for high-octane gasoline and synthetic rubber.
BASF to expand Thai mobile emissions catalysts
The company is planning to construct a new 35,000-square-meter facility to replace its existing plant in Rayong, providing increased operating space and upgraded manufacturing capabilities comparable to BASF’s other automotive catalysts manufacturing sites around the world.
LyondellBasell to buy polypropylene compounder SJS Plastiblends in India
This strategic acquisition will expand LyondellBasell's existing footprint in India and further enhance the company's position in India's growing automotive market, according to company officials.
Shell to exit from Tongyi Lubricants JV in China
Tongyi, a joint venture between Shell and Huo’s Group, is a prominent Chinese lubricant supplier with blending plants in Beijing, Xianyang of Shaanxi province and Wuxi of Jiangsu province.
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Russian blending facility utilizes advanced control technologyLUKOIL’s Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez gasoline blending facility in Kstovo, Russia, will integrate Honeywell software, which is designed ..
High margins lift Chevron’s downstream earnings
Both US and international downstream earnings improved at Chevron, led by higher margins on the sales of refined products. Overall earnings fell alongside weaker upstream results.
INVISTA licenses PTA technology for new Chinese petrochemicals project
INVISTA’s latest PTA technology is available as a license package from INVISTA Performance Technologies. Jiaxing Petrochemical’s first PTA line, in operation since 2012, also utilizes INVISTA’s technology.
- CNOOC completes construction on $2.9-B, 1.8-MMtpy integrated complex in east China 8/22
- bp's Whiting refinery (U.S.) continues to flare days after severe thunderstorm 8/22
- Bachmann introduces latest version M-Target for Simulink 8/22
- U.S. to rule on biofuel waivers, but big oil refiners may need to wait 8/22
- Chinese independent refiner Hongrun buys Canadian, Brazilian crude 8/22
- Ukrainian attack suspends Russian oil flows to Hungary, Slovakia 8/22
