Dayuewan (Zhuhai) Petrochemical Co. will utilise a range of technologies from Honeywell for upgrading heavy fuel oil into higher value petrochemical products at its Guangdong complex in China. Honeywell is also responsible for basic engineering, technology licensing as well technical and start-up services for Dayuewan’s project.

The Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu and Air Products Qudra have entered into a MOU to create the mega facilities. The move is in line with the Royal Commission’s strategy to promote direct investments, diversify and enhance the Kingdom’s economy.

With an investment of 16 million dollars, St1’s mega project is the firm’s largest single investment till date. The new plant will be built in Sweden and ÅF Pöyry’s service will include all engineering disciplines, procurement and scheduling services.

The collaboration between Dow and Evonik aims to bring the unique technology to market maturity. For this purpose, the firms have also planned to build a pilot plant in Hanau, Germany which is expected to be constructed by 2020.

Expanding upon MSA’s highly intelligent Trucal sensor platform, the launch of its new industry-first Diffusion Supervision technology listens for and alerts plant technicians to blocked electrochemical sensor conditions.

Clariant’s Catalysts business aims to expand its presence in the APAC region in order to boost engineering services for the company’s customers in the region. With the opening of the new office in Indonesia the company now has a total of 16 global offices.

Arlanxeo will be closing down its facility in Q2 2020 due to the firm’s decision to realign production of its Keltan ethylene propylene diene monomer elastomers. The move aims at improving competitiveness across the Keltan EPDM portfolio.

Eastman’s unique Carbon Renewal Technology makes use of waste plastic to produce new polyester-based polymers. The company plans to use up to 50 million pounds of waste plastic in its carbon renewal technology operations in 2020.

KBR and Argus have been selected to carry out a feasibility study on hydrogen imports and downstream applications in Singapore. The study is expected to evaluate the feasibility of hydrogen for long-term cost-competitive emissions reduction in the country.

Under a long-term agreement with Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries, Air Liquide Munay Tech Gases will build, own and operate a new nitrogen facility in Karabatan, Kazakhstan. The new facility is expected to supply upto 8,000 Nm3/h nitrogen to KPI’s new 500,000 tonne per year polypropylene plant.