Asia/Pacific
Use model-based temperature control for fixed-bed reactors
A process unit at BASF’s Geismar, Louisiana manufacturing facility contains a series of six packed-bed reactors filled with a proprietary catalyst. This catalyst promotes an exothermic reaction, ..
Overcome barriers to proper planning and scheduling
Planning and scheduling must work hand-in-hand for a turnaround, outage or shutdown to be executed to budget and schedule. Unless proper diligence is given up-front to planning and scheduling, no amou..
Japan refiners likely to reduce April production with maintenance shutdowns
The country's top oil refiner by capacity plans to cut crude runs by 8% to 1.11 million bpd, while closing two crude distillation units at its Mizushima B refinery in western Japan from late March to late July.
Chevron, Chubu sign Australian LNG off-take pact
Chevron and Wheatstone LNG partners Apache Energy and Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration will supply Chubu with 1 million metric tpy for up to 20 years, Chevron said in a statement late Thursday.
Shell gets Chinese approval on key shale project
Shell and state-oil giant CNPC first announced a deal in March 2012 to develop the shale reserves. The companies haven't disclosed details of the contract, but the approval suggests authorities in Beijing have developed the regulatory framework needed to spur wider international investment.
Mitsubishi Heavy, Imabari to jointly build LNG ships
Mitsubishi Heavy is one of Japan's pioneer LNG ship builders, while Imabari is the country's most cost-competitive one. The total LNG carrier building capacity will be as big as their South Korean rivals.
ExxonMobil, BHP plan massive floating LNG project near Western Australia
The partners in the remote field are working on a floating production vessel capable of producing up to 7 million metric tpy of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, the report said. That's nearly twice the size of Royal Dutch Shell's planned Prelude development off the coast of Western Australia, the paper said.
Wood Group wins maintenance work from Caltex for two Australian refineries
Effective from June 2013 at the Lytton refinery in Brisbane and the Kurnell refinery in Sydney, the $45 million, 18-month contract marks the continuation of a three-year contract first awarded to Wood Group in 2010. Wood provides maintenance management as well as mechanical and support services.
Russia, China to sign memorandum on gas supply
The deal could potentially be reached to deliver 38 billion cubic meters of gas annually to China beginning in 2018, the person said. The two sides are still negotiating on price, said a person familiar with the talks.
Petrobras gets purchase offer for Japan refinery
A Singapore-based company has proposed a $650 million deal to Petrobras, including $80 million for the Nansei Sekiyu refinery in Okinawa and $570 million for oil and oil-derivatives stocks at the refinery complex, the Valor Economico newspaper said, citing sources with knowledge of the negotiations.
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