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Petrobras to construct new diesel
hydrotreating unit at Replan refinery
May 12, 2022 - Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil; www.petrobras.com.br) announced that
it signed a contract with the Toyo Setal HDT
Paulínia Consortium, formed by the companies
TSE and Toyo, for the construction of a new
diesel hydrotreatment unit at the Paulínia Refinery
(Replan). The investment in the new unit will
be $458 million, and when the plant starts up
operations (expected in 2025), Replan will be
able to increase its production of S-10 Diesel
by 63,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) and jet fuel
by 12,500 bbl/d.
Phillips 66 makes progress to convert
refinery to produce renewable fuels
May 12, 2022 - Phillips 66 (Houston; www.
phillips66.com) made a final investment decision
to move forward with a project to convert
its San Francisco Refinery in Rodeo, Calif.
into one of the world's largest renewablefuels
facilities. The project is expected to
cost approximately $850 million and begin
commercial operations in the first quarter of
2024. Upon completion, the converted facility
will process used waste oils, fats, greases and
vegetable oils to produce 800 million gal/yr
of renewable transportation fuels.
BASF to expand production capacities for
methane sulfonic acid in Ludwigshafen
May 6, 2022 - BASF SE (Ludwigshafen,
Germany; www.basf.com) has invested in
the expansion of production capacities for
methane sulfonic acid (MSA) at the Verbund
site in Ludwigshafen. This investment increases
capacity at the site to a total of 50,000 metric
tons per year (m.t./yr).
Orion to build new production plant for
acetylene-based conductive additives
May 6, 2022 - Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.
(Luxembourg; www.orioncarbons.com) plans
to build the only plant in the U.S. producing
acetylene-based conductive additives, which
are used in lithium-ion batteries and high-voltage
cables. To be located in La Porte, Tex., the
plant will receive between $120 million and
$140 million in investment from Orion, and
is expected to start up in the second half of
2024. The investment should increase the
company's conductive additives capacity by
approximately 12,000 m.t./yr.
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AGC to increase chlor-alkali
production capacity in Thailand
May 6, 2022 - AGC Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.
agc.com) will increase the production capacity
of its chlor-alkali subsidiary AGC Vinythai
Public Co. The capacity increase is planned
at two manufacturing sites in Thailand, and the
start of operation is scheduled for early 2025.
The total investment is expected to exceed
¥100 billion (around $780 million). With this
expansion, AGC's annual production capacity
of chlor-alkali products in Southeast Asia will
increase to 1.64 million m.t./yr of caustic soda,
1.7 million m.t./yr of vinyl chloride monomer
(VCM) and 1.6 million m.t./yr of polyvinyl
chloride (PVC).
DOMO Chemicals expands polyamide
production capacity in China
May 2, 2022 - DOMO Chemicals GmbH
(Leuna, Germany; www.domochemicals.com)
is investing to expand production capacity of
Technyl-branded polyamide at its production
site in Jiaxing, China. Since March 2022, an
additional 6,000 m.t./yr of capacity is available
at the site. A new, 35,000-m.t./yr plant is
planned to be completed in the third quarter of
2023, in which DOMO Chemicals has invested
more than €14 million. DOMO Chemicals will
further expand the plant, gradually increasing
its capacity to 50,000 m.t./yr.
Air Liquide to build a new
ASU for EZZ Steel in Egypt
May 2, 2022 - Air Liquide S.A. (Paris; www.
airliquide.com) and steel producer EZZ Steel
(Cairo, Egypt) have signed a new longterm
agreement for the supply of industrial gases
to EZZ's new plant in Ain Sokhna, Egypt. Air
Liquide Egypt will invest around $80 million
dollars in building an air separation unit (ASU)
to supply EZZ with 770 m.t./d of oxygen.
Cabot to build new production line for
aqueous pigment dispersions
April 28, 2022 - Cabot Corp. (Boston, Ma.; www.
cabotcorp.com) is expanding its manufacturing
facility in Haverhill, Mass. with the addition
of a new production line for color aqueous
pigment dispersions. The project is part of an
ambitious investment program of more than
$50 million over the next three years to meet
the growing demand of the inkjet market for
digital printing applications. It is expected
that the new line will be operational in 2023.
Linde to increase U.S. helium supply with
new processing plant in Texas
April 25, 2022 - Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.;
www.linde.com) signed a new helium offtake
agreement to recover the helium contained in
Freeport LNG's production site in Texas. Linde
will also construct a new helium processing plant
in Freeport to purify and liquify the recovered
helium, securing an additional source of liquid
helium in the U.S. The project is slated to start
up in 2024 and provide nearly 200 million ft3
of helium into Linde's supply portfolio.
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