Tag: petrochemicals

Nickel-based valves

A resource is now available for end-users who require quick delivery of corrosion-resistant nickel-based valves.

Iran signs South Pars deals

Iran will shortly sign the agreements to implement phases 9 and 10 of the giant South Pars gas development projects, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh has said.

Syrian petrochemical plant

Syria’s Ahmed Daaboul & Sons, a detergent manufacturer, and Saudi Arabia’s Al Rajhi are setting up a new USD 50 million alkylbenzene manufacturing plant, announced Zaher Daaboul, general manager.

Industrial Gases joint venture in China

BOC and Sinopec Yangzi Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec-YPC), a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, have formed a joint venture known as Nanjing BOC-YPC Gases Company Ltd (BYG) to meet expanding industrial gases requirements in Nanjing, China.

Crane Flowseal HP butterfly valves

Eriks has again extended its range of ANSI valves with the Flowseal high-performance (HP) butterfly valve of Crane Process Flow Technologies. Among the materials used are stainless steel, Alloy 20, Monel and Hastelloy C.

Krupp Uhde acquires TESSAG Edeleanu

As part of its expansion into the refinery technology market, Dortmund-based Krupp Uhde has acquired the engineering and plant construction company TESSAG Edeleanu GmbH, Alzenau, from the RWE Solutions group.

TotalFinaElf to revamp French refinery

TotalFinaElf SA plans a 5-year, EUR 70 million programme to revamp its 114,000 bpd Feyzin refinery in the Rhône valley in eastern France.

S. Korean petrochem expansion

South Korea's Yeochon NCC is to expand the capacities of its No 1 and 2 petrochemical complexes at Yeochon by 2% and 7%, respectively, in October and May, a company source has said.

Bayer builds petrochemical complex in Shanghai

Germany's Bayer has signed an agreement with China's Shanghai Chemical Industry Park Co. to build a petrochemical complex at a cost of USD 3.1 billion.

BP to invest half a billion in China

Global oil giant BP PLC will invest USD 500 million in China this year and expects that pace to continue for the next few years as a number of big projects come on line.