Asia/Pacific
Top Iran oil tanker firm NITC says shipments to Europe increasing
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — NITC, Iran's leading oil tanker operator, said on Monday its shipments to Europe were increasing daily and the company plans to upgrade its fleet to support expansion.
CB&I awarded material supply contract for ethylene expansion project
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — CB&I announced it has been awarded a contract by PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP) to supply materials for the revamp of existing cracking heaters at CAP's naphtha cracker plant in Cilegon, Indonesia.
Zhejiang Petrochemical starts construction of China's first private oil refinery site
BEIJING (Reuters) — Zhejiang Petrochemical started construction on Monday of the first phase of its oil refining and petrochemical complex on the island of Zhoushan, near Shanghai, in Zhejiang province, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Shell sees rising investment in renewables
ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell will be spending up to $1 B a year by 2020 on projects within its new energies division, Chief Executive Ben van Beurden told an industry conference on Monday.
India buys first ever US crude oil, to step up purchases
NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — India, the world's third-largest oil importer, will import crude oil from the United States for the first time after Indian Oil Corp bought a cargo that will be delivered in October.
AEG Power Solutions to secure power for major petchem plants in Oman
ZWANENBURG, The Netherlands — AEG Power Solutions, a global provider of power electronic conversion systems and solutions for industrial power supplies and renewable energy applications, today announced that it has been selected to provide AC and DC UPS to secure the power supply for a Polyethylene plant (HDPE/LLDPE) and a Polypropylene plant (PP) owned by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company SAOC - Orpic.
thyssenkrupp establishes its first global Oleochemical cluster in Thailand
thyssenkrupp inaugurated its technology center for the oleochemical industry in Map Ta Phut, Thailand, to deliver engineering solutions to global customers. Representing an investment of more than €18 MM, Map Ta Phut will become thyssenkrupp’s global oleochemical competence center for R&D, engineering, project execution and technology development services.
Japan to raise crude storage capacity for Saudi Aramco by 30%
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan said on Friday that it was preparing to raise the crude oil storage capacity that it lends for free to Saudi Aramco by 30% from this summer.
Japan, S. Korea oil refiners maximize runs to profit from margins at 5-month highs
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — South Korean and Japanese refiners are running their plants at near-maximum capacity to cash in on profit margins that are at five-month highs, industry sources told Reuters on Friday.
Air Liquide signs contract to supply air separation unit in China
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has just signed a new contract to supply an air separation unit (ASU) to Shandong Lianmeng Chemical, a large chemical company in China.
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