Petrochemicals
China's Hengyi opens Singapore trade office for Brunei oil-petchem project
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Privately-run Chinese company Hengyi Group has started a trading office in Singapore to buy crude and trade oil products from its $3.4 B Brunei project, company officials said on Monday.
Dynea announces start-up of formaldehyde plant
LILLESTRØM, Norway — Dynea AS announced the successful commissioning and start-up of a formaldehyde plant using silver crystals as catalyst.
Fluor awarded contract for world’s largest propylene oxide, tertiary butyl alcohol plant
IRVING, Texas — Fluor Corporation announced that it was selected by LyondellBasell to perform the engineering and procurement for its propylene oxide (PO) and tertiary butyl alcohol (TBA) project located at its Channelview and Bayport complexes outside of Houston. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value into backlog in the Q3 2017.
Ecopetrol awarded contract to deliver propylene to its Comai subsidiary
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Ecopetrol S.A. announces that has signed a contract to supply refinery-grade propylene (RGP) to its subsidiary Compounding and Masterbatching Industry Ltda (Comai Ltda) from October 2017 to August 2022.
Saudi Aramco eyes JV deal in India by next year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — State-run oil giant Saudi Aramco is in talks with several Indian refiners and hopes to land a joint venture deal by next year, the company's chief executive told Reuters on Sunday.
Online exclusive: Versatile high-performance elastomers, tires and specialty rubbers
Nestled in the university city of Maastricht in the Netherlands, ARLANXEO combines the scale and resources of Saudi Aramco with the expertise and track record of German specialty chemicals business LANXESS. The result is a synthetic rubber company established in April 2016, with operations across 20 production sites in nine countries, and more than 3,800 employees.
Vitol CEO sees oil industry shrinking
LONDON (Reuters) — The world’s largest oil trader Vitol expects the oil industry to shrink given the quickening pace of the global shift to electric cars and away from fossil fuels, its chief executive said on Thursday.
Renewlogy joins Plastics-To-Fuel and Petrochemistry Alliance
WASHINGTON – The American Chemistry Council’s (ACC’s) Plastics-to-Fuel and Petrochemistry Alliance (PFPA) today announced that Renewlogy, formerly PK Clean, will become its newest member. Renewlogy, based in Salt Lake City, joins technology providers Agilyx, RES Polyflow, and Vadxx Energy in PFPA membership.
AFPM Summit '17: Daily editions of the official conference newspaper
AUSTIN -- Enclosed are digital copies of the daily editions of the official conference newspaper of the AFPM 2017 Operations & Process Technology Summit, held at the JW Marriott.
Olin lifts force majeure for product shipments from Freeport, Texas
CLAYTON, Mo. — Olin Corporation announced that it is lifting the Force Majeure declared on Aug. 31 for all product shipments, except phenol, acetone, methyl chloride, methylene chloride and chloroform, from its Freeport, Texas facility.

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