Petrochemicals
Chevron plans to start Gorgon condensate sales
Chevron Corp. could this month start selling condensate produced at the Australian Gorgon gas field.
Honeywell’s Assurance 360 service program protects industrial plants
Honeywell Process Solutions is helping industrial manufacturing plants around the world maximize uptime and reduce operating costs through its innovative Assurance 360 services program.
Rockwell Automation launches new industrial security appliance
The Allen-Bradley Stratix 5950 security appliance from Rockwell Automation incorporates new security technologies to help protect plant-floor systems.
ChemChina, Sinochem in talks on possible merger
Chinese state-owned chemical companies Sinochem Group and ChemChina are in discussions about a possible merger to create a chemicals, fertiliser and oil company with almost $100 B annual revenue.
AFPM criticizes activists for dangerous protests that shut down pipelines
The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) criticized activists who broke into pipeline facilities near the Canadian border and elsewhere to manually close pipeline valves.
Ceramic-based conversion produces clean, low cost chemicals from natural gas.
A team of scientists from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (Spain) has developed a new process to use natural gas as raw material for aromatic chemicals.
Mangalore refinery receives first crude parcel from Iran for strategic reserve
Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. received the first parcel of crude oil for delivery into the Mangalore cavern of Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Ltd.
Axens files proposal to acquire Heurtey Petrochem
Axens has filed a voluntary takeover bid proposal with the AMF (French capital markets authority) to acquire the shares of Heurtey Petrochem.
Praxair contracts KP Engineering to expand production at Geismar, Louisiana plant
KP Engineering has been awarded a fixed-price EPC contract by Praxair to expand carbon monoxide production at its Geismar, Louisiana plant.
First fully commercial CCSU plant launches capturing CO2 at $30/ton
Carbon Clean Solutions Ltd. has launched a new project that will see more than 60 MMt of CO2 captured from the 10 megawatt coal-fired power station based near Chennai, India.
- Serbia secures U.S. sanctions waiver for its NIS oil firm 3/20
- Tanker carrying fuel originally bound for Cuba diverts to Trinidad 3/20
- Vietnam accelerates shift to ethanol fuel as Iran war drives up energy prices 3/20
- Damaged Russian tanker days away from Libyan shores, Italian official says 3/20
- India’s Reliance buys about 155,000 bpd Russian oil after pause 3/20
- China's Sinochem cuts refinery runs, seeks prompt-delivery crude 3/20
