
GlobalData: Iran to dominate methanol capacity additions in the Middle East
Iran is set to register the highest methanol capacity additions in the Middle East, contributing about 94% of the region’s capacity additions by 2027.
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Iran is set to register the highest methanol capacity additions in the Middle East, contributing about 94% of the region’s capacity additions by 2027.

The April 2023 issue of Hydrocarbon Engineering includes our annual 'Sulfur Review', presenting a selection of sulfur services and technologies that are available and in use within the downstream oil and gas sector.

Sinopec has contracted with MECS Inc. and MECS Chemical Plants Equipment (Shanghai) Co. Ltd for the license, design, engineering, and equipment for a spent sulfuric acid regeneration plant.

Lummus Technology has announced the startup of Shenghong Refining & Chemical (Lianyungang) Co. Ltd’s paraxylene unit, which is part of Shenghong's refining and petrochemical integrated project in China.

Delta will purchase up to 10 million gal. of neat SAF from Shell Aviation over a two-year period, for use at its hub at Los Angeles International Airport in the US.

Baker Hughes has been awarded an order by Black & Veatch to deliver two LM9000-driven compressor trains for the PETRONAS nearshore LNG facility in Sabah, Malaysia.

Technip Energies and Casale have announced a new partnership to jointly license oxidative reforming-based technologies for the blue hydrogen market.

ExxonMobil has announced the beginning of operations at its Beaumont refinery expansion, which has added 250 000 bpd of capacity and made the refinery one of the largest in the US.

Neste welcomes the Italian government’s decision to introduce a mandate for increasing the use of unblended biofuels to further accelerate greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the transport sector.

Petrobras has clarified that as part of its BioRefining programme it is conducting new project studies to expand the production of Diesel R – fuel produced by co-processing mineral diesel with vegetable oil.

Pertamina's Plaju refinery workers have launched the E-Workshop 2.0 application – the latest digital solution for efficient refinery maintenance.

Pilot and Svante have entered into an MoU to target integration of Svante’s solid sorbent-based post-combustion carbon capture technology with Pilot’s Cliff Head CO2 storage project.