Petrochemicals
AltaGas advances plans for new British Columbia propane export terminal
The proposed facility will be designed to ship up to 1.2 MMtpy of propane and will be constructed by AltaGas. It will be built on a brownfield site with a history of industrial development, connections to existing rail lines and an existing world class marine jetty with deep water access to the Pacific Ocean.
ExxonMobil selects Lockheed Martin as partner on downstream automation
Working with Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil’s goal is to design a new architecture that will control and optimize refining and chemical manufacturing facilities while enabling future equipment and information services such as preventative maintenance and fleet optimization.
LyondellBasell unveils senior leadership changes
After four years with LyondellBasell, Timothy D. Roberts, executive vice president of global olefins and polyolefins, has announced his decision to leave the company. Mr. Roberts will be succeeded by Daniel M. Coombs, who joined LyondellBasell in 2015.
Air Liquide licenses acrylic acid technology to India’s Bharat Petroleum
For BPCL’s propylene derivatives petrochemical project, Air Liquide is providing the technology license, basic engineering, technical services as well as proprietary catalyst and equipment.
Interview: New Siluria CEO sees opportunity in small-scale petrochemicals
The new Siluria CEO detailed the progress and commercialization plans for oxidative coupling of methane technology and its process to convert ethylene to liquid fuels.
Air Products contracts Technip to help build new Texas hydrogen plant
The plant will feature Technip’s proprietary, high-efficiency steam methane reforming (SMR) technology to produce high-purity hydrogen, carbon monoxide and export steam.
Westlake Chemical to expand ethylene production at Kentucky complex
This expansion by Westlake Chemical will add 70 million lb/year of stated ethylene capacity to the Calvert City facility during the first half of 2017.
BP to sell Alabama petrochemicals complex to Indorama Ventures
BP struck a deal to sell its petrochemicals facility in Decatur, Alabama, to Indorama Ventures. This sale is part of the strategy to refocus BP's global petrochemicals business.
CB&I awarded China polypropylene contract
The unit will use CB&I's Novolen technology to produce 200 metric Mtpy of polypropylene.
Methanex opens second methanol plant relocated from Chile to Louisiana
With the start-up of Geismar 2, Methanex says it has successfully grown its operating capacity by approximately 3 MMtpy over the last three years. The total combined cost for the completion of the two Geismar plants was approximately $1.4 billion.
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