Petrochemicals
SABIC to open office in Iraq as relations improve
DUBAI (Reuters) — Petrochemical giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) plans to open an office in Iraq soon, Saudi Arabia's energy minister said during a visit to Iraq's southern oil city of Basra, as relations between Riyadh and Baghdad thaw.
Total completes upgrade of Antwerp refining, petchem platform
PARIS — Total has inaugurated the new units at its Antwerp integrated refining & petrochemicals platform, which have progressively started up in the last few months.
DuPont awarded five alkylation technology licenses from Sinopec
WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont Clean Technologies signs contracts with China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) for five grassroots STRATCO alkylation units at five Sinopec refineries in China.
KBR awarded ammonia plant revamp in India
HOUSTON — KBR, Inc. announced it has been awarded an ammonia plant revamp contract by Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd (RCF).
Rising US propane exports to Asia widen heating-value spread
HOUSTON (Reuters) — Propane is trading at its widest premium to butane on a heating value basis in four years as strong US exports combined with expectations of a colder US winter than a year ago have tightened inventories.
Grace licenses polypropylene process technology to KIPIC, Sinochem
COLUMBIA, MD. — W. R. Grace & Co., a supplier of polyolefin catalyst technology and polypropylene (PP) process technology, has contracted to license its UNIPOL PP process technology to Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) for the integrated petrochemical complex at its Al-Zour refinery and Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical Co., Ltd. for a 1-MMtpy ethylene cracker and refinery expansion project at its facility in Quanzhou, Fujian province, China.
Suez, LyondellBasell in plastics recycling JV
PARIS (Reuters) — French waste and water group Suez and LyondellBasell Industries NV plan to set up a plastic recycling joint venture in the Netherlands, Suez said in a statement.
Reactor arrives at LyondellBasell’s first commercial hyperzone polyethylene plant
LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies, announced the arrival of its Hyperzone polyethylene (PE) plant’s multi-zone circulating reactor, a significant milestone in the project’s construction phase.
SNC-Lavalin awarded engineering contract by Ecopetrol in Colombia
BOGOTA — SNC-Lavalin announced it has been awarded a contract by Ecopetrol in Colombia for conceptual, basic and detailed engineering on high and medium-complexity projects through to 2020.
Chevron Phillips Chemical celebrates startup of US Gulf Coast petchem project
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP celebrated the startup of its world-scale polyethylene (PE) units in Old Ocean, Texas that will play a pivotal role in the company’s continuing dynamic growth strategy.
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