JSC EuroChem Northwest, a division of EuroChem Group, has commissioned its 2,890-tonne/day ammonia plant in Kingisepp, Russia. The ammonia plant—Europe’s largest single-train production site—produces 1 million-tonnes/year of ammonia.
PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical let a contract to Honeywell UOP to provide technology licensing for multiple units as part of a refining-chemical integration project under way at its 400,000-b/d heavy crude oil site in China's Guangdong province.
Gibson Energy has completed an expansion and debottlenecking project at its Moose Jaw, Sask., refinery made possible by Saskatchewan’s Oil and Gas Processing Investment Incentive program.
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. has let a contract to Chevron Lummus Global to provide technology and engineering for a grassroots unit to be built at IOCL’s 164,100-b/d Haldia refinery in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India.
PetroKazakhstan Oil Products has let a contract to ABB Group to provide technology as part of the ongoing modernization program at PKOP’s 120,500-b/d Shymkent refinery in Kazakhstan.
Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. has let a contract to McDermott International to provide process technology for a grassroots fluid catalytic cracking unit at IOCL’s 314,000-b/d Panipat refinery and petrochemical complex in Haryana, India, north of New Delhi.
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co. let a contract to Honeywell UOP to complete the reconfiguration of sections of KIPIC’s grassroots 615,000-b/d Al-Zour integrated refining and petrochemical complex under construction in southern Kuwait.
HPCL Rajasthan Refinery, a joint venture of Hindustan Petroleum and the Rajasthan government, is proceeding with its previously announced plan to develop the JV’s proposed 181,000-b/d integrated refinery and petrochemical complex now under construction.
ExxonMobil Corp. has started production on a new high-performance polyethylene line at its Beaumont, Tex., polyethylene (PE) plant.
ADNOC has let contracts to a division of Bilfinger to deliver front-end engineering design for certain onshore assets, including one at subsidiary ADNOC Refining’s more than 800,000-b/d integrated Ruwais refining and petrochemical hub in the UAE.
Methanex Corp. has reached a final investment decision to move forward with its previously announced plan to build a 5,000-tonne/day methanol plant next to the operator’s existing methanol plants in Geismar, La.
Nayara Energy Ltd. has let a contract to W.R. Grace & Co. to provide technology licensing for a unit at its 400,000-b/d Vadinar refinery in Gujarat, India.
PetroLogistics ll, a portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners, has let a contract to Dow Chemical Co. to provide technology licensing for a propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit to be built on the US Gulf Coast.
Ecopetrol SA has let a long-term contract to a division of Fluor Corp. to provide services for the Barrancabermeja and Cartagena refineries in Colombia.
