Americas
Indorama invests $175MM to renovate, restart Louisiana ethane cracker
The project in Carlyss will generate an annual production capacity of 370,000 metric tons of ethylene and 30,000 tons of propylene, with the facility capable of processing both ethane and propane.
EIA: Distillate fuel oil stocks on US East Coast are higher than recent years
Recently, the combination of increased shipments from the Gulf Coast, higher refinery runs, and imports have boosted East Coast distillate inventories to 5.4 million bbl above the five-year average for the week ending September 11, the highest since 2011.
BASF, Genomatica expand global BDO licensing from renewable feedstock
The revised license agreement allows BASF to build a world-scale production facility that will use the Genomatica process to manufacture renewable BDO.
Badlands NGL secures ethane supply by CLR for North Dakota PE project
The agreement dedicates a long-term ethane supply to Badlands' North Dakota based project: a world-scale, NGL-sourced ethane gas to polyethylene (PE) manufacturing facility.
US chemical business cools in September amid economic slowdown
The pattern shows a marked deceleration, even reversal, over second-quarter activity. The ACC says it is unlikely that industry growth will pick up through early 2016.
Pemex extinguishes heater fire at Tula refinery as worker suffers injury
The fire occurred at a heater within the refinery's Hidros 1 plant, a hydrotreater that uses hydrogen to remove impurities in the refining process, Pemex said in a statement.
REG takes ownership of newly-acquired biodiesel refinery in Washington
The ceremony marked the transition to REG’s ownership of the former Imperium Grays Harbor 100-million gal nameplate capacity biodiesel production and terminal facility.
EU extends import duties on US biodiesel to 2020
The EU first set the duties in 2009 on several US producers of biodiesel, including Archer Daniels Midland and Cargill. In making the decision, the European Commission came to the conclusion that the US tax credit of $1/gal of biodiesel was harming European producers.
Amec Foster Wheeler chosen as engineer for YCI’s Louisiana methanol project
Under the contract, the value of which has not been disclosed, Amec Foster Wheeler will be providing engineering, project management, procurement and early construction services. The intention is to extend this into a full scope EPC contract during 2016 on mutually agreed terms.
BP plans layoffs at Texas City petrochemical plant
A BP spokesman said the Texas City complex is shutting a paraxylene (PX) unit that has been idle for over a year due to market conditions and to make better use of resources.
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