Petrochemicals
East Asia a booming market for water treatment chemicals
Rapid expansion of municipal wastewater treatment, power generation and other major industries consuming water and wastewater treatment chemicals will boost the East Asian sector to $8.3 billion in sales of treatment chemicals in 2015.
ExxonMobil and Badger to market a new catalytic process
ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co. (EMRE) has signed an agreement with Badger Licensing LLC (Badger) to jointly market EMRE’s BenzOUTTM technology, a novel catalytic process to reduce benzene in gasoline while delivering other additional benefits.
Foster Wheeler aiding with Saudi linear alkyl benzene plant expansion
Foster Wheeler AG’S Global Engineering and Construction Group has a contract with Gulf Farabi Petrochemical Co. for the provision of project management consultancy (PMC) services for Gulf Farabi's linear alkyl benzene (LAB) plant expansion at Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Air Products supplying ASU to Russian company
Air Products has a contract to supply Voronezhsintezkauchuk, part of the petrochemical company SIBUR, with a new on-site air separation unit (ASU).
Hangzhou Hangding Nylon orders PA-6 plant
Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Hangzhou Hangding Nylon Tech have signed a contract for the delivery of a PA-6 polymerization plant to produce textile grade chips, based on Uhde Invtenta-Fischer’s techn..
KBR and Saudi Kayan startup grassroots cracker
KBR has announced the startup of a 1.35 million metric tpy steam cracker at Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.’s (Saudi Kayan) olefins plant located in Saudi Kayan’s petrochemical complex in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia. KBR executed the engineering, procurement and construction management of the cracker.
Petronas buys BP’s Malaysian ethylene and polyethylene interests
BP has agreed to sell its interests in ethylene and polyethylene production in Malaysia to Petronas. The agreement concerns BP’s 15% interest in Ethylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd (EMSB) and 60% interest in Polyethylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd (PEMSB), both of which are operated by Petronas, and are located in Kertih, on the east coast of Malaysia.
SABIC and Lurgi GmbH ink oleo-chemicals deal
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) has signed an agreement with Lurgi GmbH for the technology licensing and engineering that will allow SABIC to produce oleo-chemicals at its affiliate, Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co. (SAUDI KAYAN), following the completion of new facilities to be constructed in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Gadot buys Belgium chemical storage plant
ADPO owns and operates a chemical storage terminal in Ghent, Belgium, over an area of 25 hectares of land, with a storage capacity of approximately 100,000 cubic meters, and its purchase shall allow Gadot to expand its global business and maximize Gadot's abilities for delivering products and services worldwide.
Lurgi GmbH in for LiHeng’s second phase polymerization
Lurgi GmbH has a contract for the second phase polyamide-6 polymerization with LiHeng (Changle) Polyamide Technology Co., Ltd. in Changle City, Fujian, China.
- Allied Biofuels signs PIA with Uzbekistan to advance $6-B biofuels refinery project 4/10
- Nufarm strengthens strategic collaboration to support long term growth in biofuels production 4/10
- Pertamina and CRecTech sign MoU to explore pilot biogas-to-biomethanol facility in SEZ, Indonesia 4/10
- Shell Chemicals and Syensqo partner to deliver low-carbon ethylene oxide solutions 4/10
- HAMR Energy’s nationally significant fuel projects selected for Australian Government’s Investor Front Door Pilot 4/10
- HD Hyundai Heavy Industries builds world's first ammonia-powered vessel 4/10
