Engineering & Design
S.Korea's GS E&C wins $865-MM order to rebuild ADNOC's fire-hit refinery
SEOUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Abu Dhabi demand for gasoline is expected to stay firm after its plans to restart a gasoline-making secondary unit at its Ruwais refinery were delayed by about a year into early 2019.
CB&I announces multi-technology award in Uzbekistan
THE WOODLANDS, Texas — CB&I announced it has been awarded a technology contract by Shurtan Gas Chemical Complex LLC (SGCC) for a grassroots ethylene complex to be built in southern Uzbekistan. The scope of work includes the license and basic engineering of an ethylene unit, which will use four proprietary SRT heaters, a Hexene-1 unit and a polypropylene unit.
Gunvor refinery completes modernization project with Implico
HAMBURG/INGOLSTADT — Software and consulting company Implico announced the successful completion of a major modernization project for loading processes at the Gunvor refinery in Ingolstadt. Field equipment for tank truck filling was replaced on all 12 loading bays. Work on the project was completed early this year.
Indian refiner HMEL chooses Topsoe equipment for refinery upgrade
Indian refinery company HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) has chosen Topsoe’s diesel hydrotreater unit and hydrogen generation facilities to meet their upgrading requirements.
Dangote awards DuPont clean technology contracts for new oil refinery in Nigeria
WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont Clean Technologies announced today that Dangote Oil Refinery Company Ltd has commissioned a range of advanced proprietary equipment from DuPont for the construction of a new refinery in Lekki, near Nigeria’s capital, Lagos.
Air Liquide to supply hydrogen production technology to largest single train refinery
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has been selected to supply two hydrogen production steam methane reformer (SMR) units to Dangote Group, the largest manufacturing conglomerate in West Africa.
Braskem to invest $675 MM in 6th US-based polypropylene plant
BRASILIA (Reuters) — Braskem SA, Latin America's largest petrochemical company, will invest $675 MM to build a sixth US-based polypropylene-production plant, the company said on Wednesday.
New Chinese refineries due for test runs in end-June, Aug.
(Reuters) — PetroChina's 260,000 bpd greenfield refinery in southwestern Yunnan province is due for test productions at end of this month, while CNOOC-operated Huizhou plant is targeting August for test runs, according to two senior industry sources with knowledge of the matter.
S-Oil awards Lloyd’s Register RBI contract for olefin complex
Lloyd’s Register (LR), the leading provider of engineering and technology-centric professional services, is awarded a new contract from S-Oil Corporation (S-Oil) covering the implementation of a fully integrated risk-based inspection (RBI) system. Based at S-OIL’s largest investment project—a new $4.2 B residue upgrading and Olefin downstream complex (RUC/ODC) plant in Ulsan, Korea—the new contract will commence this month.
Chevron Phillips marks milestone of its $6 B US Gulf Coast petchem project
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP announced that the two polyethylene (PE) units of its $6 B petrochemical investment on the US Gulf Coast successfully achieved the major milestone of mechanical completion.
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