Petrochemicals
Canada Kuwait petchem chooses Honeywell technology for new complex in Alberta
DES PLAINES, Ill. — Honeywell announced that Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. (CKPC) has chosen Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce 550,000 mtpy of polymer-grade propylene at CKPC’s proposed facility in Sturgeon County near Edmonton, Alberta. CKPC is a JV of Pembina Pipeline Corporation of Canada and Petrochemical Industries Company K.S.C. of Kuwait.
Lotte Chemical Titan in weak Malaysian debut after IPO scaled back
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Shares of Lotte Chemical Titan Holding Bhd fell in their Malaysian stock market debut, a further indication of weak investor demand after the size of its offering was slashed by a fifth last week.
Linde AG awarded EPC contract for new Braskem polypropylene production line
LA PORTE, Texas and PHILADELPHIA — Braskem, the largest thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas, announced that The Linde Group, a gases and engineering company, has been selected as the lead engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to build Braskem's new world-scale North American polypropylene (PP) production line.
Frames to supply acid gas treatment unit for CB&I, CTCI JV
ALPHEN AAN DEN RIJN, The Netherlands — Frames was awarded an order from CB&I and CTCI to design and supply an acid gas treatment unit for the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex (LPIC) in the Sultanate of Oman.
France's Arkema looks to specialty chemicals to drive growth
(Reuters) — Chemicals company Arkema aims to increase its profitability by expanding its lucrative specialty chemicals business, the French company said on Tuesday.
South African environmental services company moves into petchem, oil refinery sector
GK-IT Environmental Services, a South African leader in bioremediation and environmental product manufacture, is diversifying from the mining industry to the petrochemical and oil refinery sector.
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.
Aramco, Dow JV starts propylene glycol plant
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Sadara Chemical Co, a $20 B JV between Saudi Aramco and US firm Dow Chemical, has started production at its propylene glycol plant, moving closer to full operation of the JV's petrochemicals complex.
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.
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