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release, the scope of the first contract includes the installation of an FCC gasoline hydrotreating unit, while the other
pertains to the installation of an LPG
mercaptan oxidation unit and an amine
treatment and LPG pretreatment unit.
These projects will enable the refinery to
produce Euro-5 gasoline.
In early February, Lukoil commissioned a $135-MM deasphalting plant
at its Volgograd refinery in Russia. The
new plant will enable the refinery to produce high-quality basestocks and is part
of a wider $2.33-B program to modernize the refinery.
Lukoil also plans to commission an
isomerization unit and delayed coking
unit at its 17-MMtpy Kstovo refinery in
the Nizhny Novgorod region by 2022.

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Jizzakh Petroleum let a technology
licensing contract to Versalis, the chemical subsidiary of Eni, for a $2.8-B grassroots methanol-to-olefins (MTO) gas-tochemicals complex. Versalis will provide
licensing technology for a low-density
PE (LDPE) plant-ethylene vinyl acetate
(EVA) swing unit at the facility being built
in the Bukhara region of southwestern
Uzbekistan. The MTO gas-to-chemicals
complex will process 1.5 Bm3y of domestically-sourced natural gas into 500,000 tpy
of high-quality polymers, including LDPE,
EVA, polyethylene terephthalate and PP.
Once completed, the complex will help
Uzbekistan monetize domestic natural gas
resources and mitigate costly imports.

LATIN AMERICA

NextChem, a subsidiary of Maire
Tecnimont, and Essential Energy USA
Corp. have engaged in a FEED contract
and Memorandum of Understanding for
a renewable diesel plant in South America. The 200,000-tpy facility will convert
natural oil, waste vegetables oils and tallow into high-quality renewable diesel.
NextChem will be the exclusive EPC contractor on the project, which is scheduled
to be completed in 2023.

MIDDLE EAST

Qatar Petroleum has awarded a contract for the first phase of its nearly $29-B
North Field expansion project. The contract, awarded to Chiyoda and Technip,
will enable Qatar to increase LNG production from 77 MMtpy to 110 MMtpy

by 2026. The project's second phase will
allow Qatar to increase LNG production
capacity to 126 MMtpy by 2027.

U.S.

PTT Global Chemical America announced it is seeking a partner for its
$10-B ethane cracker project in Ohio.
The company plans on making a final investment decision (FID) in 2021 on the
capital-intensive project. If built, the project will produce 1.5 MMtpy of ethylene.
Operations are scheduled to begin 4 yr-6
yr after an FID is taken.
CVR Energy is moving into the next
phase of its alkylation project at its refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma. CVR Energy awarded KBR a contract to revamp
the refinery's existing hydrofluoric acid
alkylation unit. KBR will provide detailed
engineering of the process equipment,
proprietary equipment supplies and module fabrication. The project's completion
date is scheduled for late 2024.
Shintech plans to increase polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production capacity with the
construction of a grassroots, integrated
plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana. The
$1.25-B plant will produce 390,000 tpy of
PVC and 380,000 tpy of VCM. The plant
is scheduled to begin operations by 2024.
Diamond Green Diesel, a JV between
Darling and Valero, has received approval from both companies' boards of directors to build a new renewable diesel facility. The $1.45-B plant will be located at
Valero's Port Arthur, Texas refinery. Once
completed in 2H 2023, the plant will produce 470 MMgpy of renewable diesel.
Venture Global announced plans to
build a second LNG export terminal adjacent to its Calcasieu Pass LNG terminal
now under construction. The 20-MMtpy
CP2 LNG plant will consist of 18 liquefaction trains and be built in two phases.
Phase 1 will include the construction of
nine liquefaction trains, as well as the construction of feedstock pipelines and compressor stations. Phase 1 construction
activities-subject to regulatory approvals-are scheduled to begin in 2Q 2023,
with operations to begin in 2Q 2025. Full
completion of Phase 1 activities is scheduled for mid-2026.

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