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WORLD NEWS

IN BRIEF

March

2017

HYDROCARBON

ENGINEERING

6

China |

Honeywell technology selected for

petrochemicals project

Z

hejiang Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

(ZPC) will use process technology

from Honeywell UOP for a new

integrated refining and petrochemical

complex in Zhoushan, Zhejiang

Province.

Honeywell UOP will supply a

range of technologies in the form of

license, design, key equipment, and

state-of-the-art catalysts and

adsorbents, while Honeywell Process

Solutions will provide the process

controls and automation systems.

The complex will be located in

one of seven new large industrial

sites that are part of China's current

national economic development

plan. When completed, it will be the

largest crude-to-chemicals complex

in China and one of the largest in

the world. The complex will

produce petrochemicals, including

aromatics that are used to make

plastic resins, films and fibres that

are the basis for millions of

products.

The project includes a two-train

LD Parex

TM

aromatics complex – for

the production of 4 million tpy of

paraxylene.

The new plant will also include

an RFCC complex, using Honeywell

UOP's RCD Unionfining

TM

and RFCC

TM

processes to upgrade 5 million tpy of

residual oil into fuels. An Oleflex

TM

propane dehydrogenation unit will

produce 600 000 tpy of

polymer-grade propylene.

The project will also include a

hydrocracker to convert vacuum gas

oil into petrochemical feedstocks,

two CCR Platforming

TM

units to

produce aromatics and blend stocks

for making high-octane fuels, and a

Unionfining naphtha hydrotreating

unit to remove sulfur.

USA |

Venture Global LNG contracts GE

V

enture Global LNG Inc. has

selected GE Oil & Gas as a

strategic partner to provide a

plant-wide technology solution for its

LNG export facilities under

development in Louisiana.

Under the agreement, GE Oil & Gas

will leverage advanced technologies

from across the broader GE portfolio

to deliver a comprehensive power,

pretreatment and LNG liquefaction

system. The agreement provides for

the delivery of a complete LNG

process system with defined

schedule, price and performance

standards.

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Lukoil has announced that it has

sold Lukoil Chemical B.V. In a short

statement released on its website,

the Russian oil company confirmed

that it has completed the sale of

its wholly owned subsidiary, which

is based in the Netherlands. Lukoil

Chemical owns the Karpatneftekhim

petrochemical plant, which is located

in Ivano-Frankovsk area of Ukraine.

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Wison Engineering Ltd has signed a

collaboration agreement on R&D with

Haldor Topsoe. The two companies

have also embarked on an in-depth

discussion concerning a wider range

of collaboration in the fields of clean

energy, chemical development, new

technologies, engineering management

and market development.

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D3MAX has announced the

completion and shipment of its pilot

plant employing the patented D3MAX

cellulosic ethanol technology. The

pilot facility was due to be installed

at ACE Ethanol LLC, in Stanley,

Wisconsin, in late February. Installation

is expected to be complete by

mid-March with startup and testing

at the facility taking place over the

ensuing two months.

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Saudi Aramco has announced its

intention to launch a base oils

business, as part of its downstream

integration plan. The company is

aiming to optimise the value of its

petroleum molecules and grow its

refining and chemicals portfolio.

USA |

Tallgrass Energy connecting

Holly Frontier refinery

T

allgrass Energy Partners has

announced that Pony Express

Pipeline has reached an agreement with

Holly Frontier Corp. and its affiliates to

build facilities to connect Holly

Frontier’s refinery complex in El Dorado,

Kansas to the Pony Express Pipeline.

The El Dorado connection

facilities have been designed to meet

the needs of the El Dorado refinery

and will have a design capacity in

excess of 100 000 bpd for any of the

batched common stream crude types

transported by the Pony Express

Pipeline.

Construction of the connection

facilities is expected to be completed

by 4Q17.