Project Management
Consortium receives AiP for floating ammonia cracker unit
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd., HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering Co., Ltd. and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. announced that the Approval in Principle (AiP) was granted from Lloyd's Register for a floating ammonia cracker unit (FACU), jointly developed by the group for onshore hydrogen supply.
Chevron seeks diversified approach to refinery investments
"There'll be places like Korea where we go investment heavy in petrochemicals and in heavy oil upgrading."
ECI Group's technology selected for world's first commercial-scale, fossil-free LDPE facility
Vioneo has awarded a major contract to ECI Group. The project will deliver the world’s first low-density polyethylene (LDPE) plant to operate using an entirely fossil-free feedstock.
Amaggi, Inpasa partner to build new corn ethanol plants in Brazil
Ethanol producer Inpasa and Brazilian grain processor and exporter Amaggi have agreed to form a joint venture to build at least three corn-based ethanol plants in Mato Grosso, Brazil's top grain producing state
Universal Fuel Technologies’ SAF accepted into ASTM Clearinghouse for qualification
Universal Fuel Technologies' ethanol-to-jet sustainable aviation fuel produced via the company’s Flexiforming technology has been accepted into the ASTM D4054 Clearinghouse, which supports the technical evaluation of new aviation fuels, for qualification.
South Korea petrochemical overhaul likely to shut small, stand-alone naphtha crackers
Small and stand-alone naphtha crackers are likely to shut while some plants could merge as part of an overhaul of South Korea's oversupplied petrochemical sector, which will cut naphtha demand at the world's largest importer of the fuel.
Canada's Alberta eyes investment in Japan's refining to boost oil exports
Canada's main oil-producing province of Alberta is considering a financial investment in Japan's refining sector, an attempt to reduce its overwhelming dependence on top trade partner the U.S. for oil exports.
- Brazil's Petrobras approves $1.2 billion investment for renewable fuels plant 6/22
- First batch of equipment arrives in Kazakhstan for $7.7-B Atyrau polyethylene project 6/22
- Explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG complex kills 13, injures 66 6/22
- Asia has plenty of crude oil, but refined fuels remain tight 6/22
- Fire extinguished at Marathon's Galveston Bay Refinery in Texas (U.S.) 6/22
- El Nino, expanding ethanol use squeeze India sugar supply 6/22
