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Total and Sonatrach begin engineering
studies for joint petrochemicals project
May 11, 2018 - Total S.A. (Paris, France; www.
total.com) and Sonatrach (Algiers, Algeria; www.
sonatrach.com) will launch engineering studies
for a petrochemical project in Arzew, Algeria.
The project includes a propane dehydrogenation
unit and a polypropylene production unit with
a capacity of 550,000 metric tons per year
(m.t./yr). The project represents an investment
of around $1.4 billion by the two partners, who
are planning to start front-end engineering
and design (FEED) this summer.
Eastman plans copolyester
capacity expansion
May 10, 2018 - Eastman Chemical Co.
(Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) intends
to expand production capacity for copolyester
products at its Kingsport, Tenn. manufacturing
site. The expansion is expected to be complete
in the third quarter of 2018 and will increase
polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) and
polycyclohexylenedimethylene terephthalate
glycol (PCTG) capacities by approximately 25%.
Showa Denko completes NPAC
capacity expansion
May 8, 2018 - Showa Denko (SDK; Tokyo;
www.sdk.co.jp) has completed a production
expansion for n-propyl acetate (NPAC) at its
Oita Complex. In 2016, SDK increased the
production capacity of the NPAC plant to 16,000
m.t./yr and now has further expanded the
capacity of the plant to 18,200 m.t./yr of NPAC.
Invista to provide fourth PTA process
technology license for Hengli
May 3, 2018 - Invista (Wichita, Kan.; www.
invista.com) and Hengli Petrochemical Co.
have reached an agreement to license Invista's
latest purified terephthalic acid (PTA) process
technology for Hengli's fourth PTA line. The
fourth PTA line will have a design capacity
of 2.5 million m.t./yr, and will be installed at
Changxing Island, Liaoning Province, China.
Celanese adds new production line in
Nanjing for ultra-high molecular weight PE
May 2, 2018 - Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.;
www.celanese.com) announced the addition of
a new ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene
(UHMW-PE) production line at its Nanjing,
China manufacturing facility. The new line is
expected to add around 15,000 m.t./yr of
UHMW-PE product capacity by 2019.
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Arkema starts up expanded
PVDF unit in Kentucky
April 26, 2018 - Arkema (Colombes, France;
www.arkema.com) successfully brought on
stream new Kynar PVDF (polyvinylidene difluoride)
capacity at its Calvert City, Kentucky plant.
The expansion represents a 20% increase in
Arkema's U.S. production capacity.
Jacobs wins services contract for
Encina's BTX plant in Wyoming
April 26, 2018 - Jacobs Engineering Group
Inc. (Dallas, Tex.; www.jacobs.com) received
a contract from Encina Chemicals, LLC (Coral
Gables, Fla.; www.encina.com) to provide
operations readiness support services for
Encina's new benzene-toluene-xylenes (BTX)
processing plant in Gillette, Wyoming. When
commissioned in the summer of 2020, this
plant will feature a scalable design to produce
50,000 to 100,000 m.t./yr of BTX.
Wacker opens new production site
for silicones in South Korea
April 25, 2018 - Wacker Chemie AG (Munich,
Germany; www.wacker.com) opened a new
production site for silicone elastomers in
Jincheon, South Korea. Wacker already has
an established production base in Jincheon,
where the group has been producing silicone
sealants and specialty silicones since 2010.
Around €15 million has been invested in the
new 13,000-m2 production site.
Air Liquide doubles its global
biomethane production capacity
April 20, 2018 - Air Liquide (Paris, France;
www.airliquide.com) has commissioned three
new biomethane production units in Walnut,
Miss., Cestas, France and Northwick, U.K.
With these units, Air Liquide has doubled its
biomethane production capacity. Air Liquide
has invested around €100 million in biomethane
production in recent years.
Toray to establish resin
production plant in India
April 18, 2018 - Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo,
Japan; www.toray.com) plans to establish a
production facility for nylon and polybutylene
terephthalate (PBT) resin compounds at its
Indian subsidiary, TID. The facility, which will
have a production capacity of 5,000 m.t./yr,
will be set up at TID's base in Sri City in Andhra
Pradesh State, and the company is aiming to
start operations in September 2019.
Mergers & Acquisitions
ExxonMobil agrees to sell petroleum
refinery in Sicily to Sonatrach
May 10, 2018 - Sonatrach signed an agreement
with ESSO Italiana, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil
Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) for
the purchase of ExxonMobil's refinery located
in Augusta, Sicily, Italy, as well as three oil
terminals located in Italy and their associated
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