Asia/Pacific
Chinese fuel glut to worsen as refiners raise rates
Smaller independent refiners, known in the industry as teapots, will account for the majority of the increase in refining this year as the country's bigger state-owned processors reduce production, CNPC said. Most of the teapots are clustered around the eastern Chinese province of Shandong.
China grants four additional crude-import licenses to non-major refiners
The four firms are Shandong Huifeng Petrochemical Group, Tianhong Chemical, and Shandong Chambroad Petrochemicals Co., Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical Co., the ministry said.
India’s state refiners agree to jointly build new world-scale refinery
Indian Oil Corp., the nation’s biggest refiner, will build a 60 MMtpy (1.2 MMbpd) oil refinery in Maharashtra together with Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum and Engineers India.
Praxair starts new ASU for Chinese chemical plant
Praxair’s industrial gases from the air separation plant will be used in the coal gasification process for the production of methanol and downstream chemicals.
China’s diesel use falls as gas, gasoline post gains
The 3.7% decline in diesel demand in 2015 is greater than the 1.5% drop in diesel usage in 2014. Meanwhile, gasoline and natural gas consumption rose by 7% and 5.7%, respectively.
India approves HPCL’s Visakh refinery expansion
The environmental clearance will allow Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL) to expand its Visakhapatnam refinery in Andhra Pradesh from 8.33 MMtpy to 15.0 MMtpy.
Clariant, CB&I win design work for huge Chinese dehydrogenation unit
The world's largest single-train dehydrogenation unit will process feedstock containing 300,000 tpy of propane and 600,000 tpy of isobutane to jointly produce propylene and isobutylene.
Hyundai Chemical to expand South Korean plant using UOP technology
The petrochemical facility will use technology as well as modular equipment from UOP to allow the plant to make mixed xylenes, a critical feedstock used by the plant to produce paraxylene.
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.
Honeywell to automate, supply Vietnam’s PV Gas with modular LPG plant
PV Gas, Vietnam’s primary gas provider, will use Honeywell UOP’s modular gas processing plant to separate LPG from natural gas at its Ca Mau facility near the southern tip of Vietnam.
- Brazil's Petrobras to invest $4.8 B in integration between Reduc refinery and Boaventura complex 7/8
- Braskem completes first sale of circular polyethylene in South America 7/8
- bp's 440,000-bpd refinery in Whiting, Indiana (U.S.), reported flaring due to operational conditions 7/8
- UK's insolvent Lindsey oil refinery secures some crude supply to keep running for now 7/8
- Brazil's energy minister hints at possible fuel price cuts 7/8
- Marathon Galveston Bay refinery (U.S.) hydrotreater to remain shut until September 7/8
