Asia/Pacific
European refinery shutdowns open doors for Indian diesel exports
Indian refiners are likely to increase their presence in Europe's diesel market as smaller, less complex European refineries come offline amid weak refining margins.
Philippines' Petron to invest in ExxonMobil Malaysia downstream operations
Petron said its board has approved a plan to invest in US-based ExxonMobil's downstream oil business in Malaysia, an initial overseas foray for the Philippines' largest oil refiner by capacity and sales. Petron has yet to finalize the size of the investment and the stake.
BASF, Sinopec complete second phase of Nanjing petrochemical venture
German chemical company BASF said Tuesday it completed the $1.4 billion second phase of its petrochemical joint venture in Nanjing, BASF-YPC Co., with Sinopec. The second phase included expansions of existing plants and construction of new facilities.
UOP lands phenol technology deal in South Korea
Honeywell’s UOP has been selected by South Korea’s Kumho P&B Chemicals to provide technology to produce key petrochemicals for the manufacture of plastics. The new units, expected to start up in 2013-2014, will produce 900,000 metric tons of cumene and 300,000 metric tons of phenol annually.
Inpex, Total seal LNG sales from Australia project
Inpex and Total have finalized sales agreements with customers in Japan and Taiwan for their proposed Ichthys gas-export project in northern Australia. The initial agreements were converted into binding sales and purchase agreements at a signing ceremony in Melbourne Tuesday.
AkzoNobel acquires China surfactants firm Boxing
AkzoNobel has completed its acquisition of China’s leading specialty surfactant producer, Boxing Oleochemicals. Based in the province of Shandong, Boxing had revenues of approximately €100 million in 2010.
Technip wins design deal on BP China PTA venture
Technip was awarded a services contract by BP Zhuhai Chemical Co., a joint venture of BP and Zhuhai Port Co., for the front-end design of a new world-scale purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant at their site in Guangdong Province, China.
Parker Hannifin to supply instrumentation for Shell
Global motion and control technology group Parker Hannifin has signed an agreement with Shell to supply instrumentation valves, manifolds, process-to-instrument valves, fittings, tubing, protective enclosures and related products. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Reliance, Shell in talks to set up India LNG terminal
Reliance Power is in talks with Shell to form a joint venture to set up a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Kakinada on India's east coast, the Economic Times said Tuesday.
Overcome challenges in treating shale gases
Manipulating process plant parameters helps meet pipeline specifications
- XRG to expand its global chemicals reach with takeover of Covestro 11/21
- U.S. FERC explores blanket authorizations for LNG projects 11/21
- thyssenkrupp Uhde selected by Dangote Fertilizer Ltd. to license four urea granulation units in Nigeria 11/21
- Indian and Chinese refineries are moving to comply with U.S. sanctions on Russia 11/21
- Dynamis Power Solutions awards Baker Hughes with significant order for gas turbine technology to support mobile power for oil and gas applications 11/21
- China's first coal-to-chemicals project with green hydrogen starts commercial operations 11/20
