(technip) -- Technip was awarded by the petrochemical company Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (KEMYA)(1) - a joint venture between Sabic and Exxon Chemical Arabia, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Chemical Company - a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of an Halobutyl(2) facility, located in Al-Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
This project is part of the Saudi Elastomers Program undertaken by KEMYA to set up a world-scale specialty elastomers facility to serve local markets, the Middle East and Asia.
This new facility will produce 110,000 tons per year of rubber using ExxonMobil licensed technology.
Technip's operating center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, will execute the contract.
Arturo Grimaldi, Senior Vice President of Technip Middle East Region stated: ''We are glad to work on the implementation of this world-class facility, based on a state-of-art technology, in line with Saudi Arabia's strategic objectives. This contract reinforces Technip's leading position in the petrochemical business and in Saudi Arabia, where we have been present for more than 30 years.''
Technip is a world leader in project management, engineering and construction for the energy industry.
From the deepest Subsea oil & gas developments to the largest and most complex Offshore and Onshore infrastructures, our 30,000 people are constantly offering the best solutions and most innovative technologies to meet the world's energy challenges.
Present in 48 countries, Technip has state-of-the-art industrial assets on all continents and operates a fleet of specialized vessels for pipeline installation and subsea construction.
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(m.caller) -- Officials with Valero Energy Corp. and LyondellBasell cited maintenance as the reasons for separate flaring events at their respective Coastal Bend facilities on Thursday.
Planned work on the light end unit at Valero’s West Plant sparked flaring, spokeswoman Lillian Riojas said.
The light end unit is the part of the refining process where propane and butane are distilled from crude oil. The work was expected to end Thursday evening, as was the flaring.
The Corpus Christi-Nueces County Local Emergency Planning Committee issued a statement about 1:15 p.m. Thursday stating the public did not need to take protective action.
In a separate incident, the committee issued a similar notice about LyondellBasell about 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
Routine maintenance caused the company’s facility to flare ethylene and propylene, two chemicals used in making plastics, LyondellBasell spokesman Scott Buchman said.
Off-site monitoring showed no dangerous substances in the air, and the work and flaring was expected to be done Thursday, Buchman said.
(chemmonitor) -- According to the latest production data recently unveiled by Japan Petrochemical Association, Japanese ethylene output was considerably reduced in June if compared to May volumes.
Domestic manufacturers generated 32,300 tonnes or 6.4 percent les material month on month.MRC