Downstream News

Downstream news for the oil and gas industry providing global coverage of refining, processing and other downstream sector developments

	Jonathan Sabin named president at the Sabin Metal Group 29th April 2015 Jonathan Sabin has been named president at the Sabin Metal Group of Companies, the largest independently owned, secondary precious metals refining organization in North America. He takes over from his...
	Honeywell opens petrochemical catalyst production facility in China 28th April 2015 This new site in Zhangjiagang City, Jiangsu Province, has begun production of catalysts used to covert propane to propylene as traditional sources for this product shrink. The catalysts are used in the...
	Praxair to supply industrial gases to CNOOC downstream operations in China 28th April 2015 The project, expected to start up in 2017, will enable the reliable and efficient supply of industrial gases for CNOOC’s refinery and downstream chemical production. Praxair will build, own and operate two...
	Oilex prepares gas sales from Cambay-73 onshore India 28th April 2015 The facilities are now ready for start-up and awaiting arrival of the low pressure gas pipeline to site. “The work by Oilex to complete the production facilities on budget and ahead of schedule is a...
	Technip and Unico land EPC contract for Basra refinery upgrade in Iraq 28th April 2015 This contract, awarded by South Refineries Company (SRC) – Ministry of Oil, covers the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, start-up and warranty management phase of the refinery upgrading...
	Sipchem starts-up polybutylene terephthalate plant in Saudi Arabia 22nd April 2015 This comes after successful completion of testing the plant equipment and ensuring its efficiency, production capacity and product quality. The plant will produce 63,000 metric tons of polybutylene...
	Saudi Aramco enlists ACWA and Air Products to construct Jazan industrial gas complex 20th April 2015 The industrial gas complex will be designed and built by Air Products using its proprietary technology. Once built, this facility will be owned by a joint venture of Air Products (25 per cent) and ACWA...
	TITAN Containers cheers largest ever Arctic SuperStores order 14th April 2015 The majority of this order is for committed contracts including to yet another two new "SuperStore" countries. This order includes the first SuperStore to be powered by single...
	Mitsubishi companies ink methanol plant EPC contracts with NGC in Trinidad and Tobago 14th April 2015 Discussions are currently underway with a syndicate of Japanese banks for finalising the loan agreement. Methanol is made mainly from natural gas and is used in a wide range of products, including adhesive...
	Alfa Laval wins heat exchanger order for Turkmenistan petrochemical plant 10th April 2015 The order, booked in the Energy & Process segment late March, has a value of approximately USD 8.0m (SEK 70m) and delivery is scheduled for 2016. The Alfa Laval OLMI heat exchangers will be used to...