Kazakhstan SILLENO Polyethylene Project
Recently, the Kazakhstan SILLENO Polyethylene Project, for which SEPC is the EPC general contractor, has officially broken ground. As a landmark project in Kazakhstan’s petrochemical industry, it comprises a 1.26mt/a ethane-to-ethylene cracking unit, two sets of 625kt polyethylene units, an α-olefin unit and a full suite of utility facilities. The project fully adopts international ASME petrochemical standards. High-alloy seamless steel tubes, shell-and-tube heat exchangers, air coolers,...
Nghi Son Refinery & Petrochemical Complex
Nghi Son Refinery & Petrochemical Complex (NSRP) is Vietnam’s national flagship integrated refining project in Thanh Hoa Province, with crude capacity of 10 million tons per year and commercial start-up in Dec 2018. It consists of CDU, RHDS, RFCC, Aromatics and PP units with numerous heat exchangers, pressure vessels and process piping. In 2026, NSRP issued multiple EOI notices for revamp works including 070-E-106 heat exchanger tube bundle & control system modification, RHDS SIS...
PTTEP Gulf of Thailand Oil-Gas Processing Facility Expansion Project
Recently, PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited (PTTEP) has been pushing forward the expansion and upgrade project for the Erawan Gas Field (Block G1/61) in the Gulf of Thailand, a key project for Thailand’s domestic energy supply security. Based on existing off-shore platforms and on-shore processing plants, the project involves reconstruction and expansion, with additional wellhead platforms, subsea pipelines and oil-gas processing units to boost natural-gas processing...
Pakistan-Punjab Petrochemical Air-Cooler Upgrade Project
Recently, a batch of ultra-long high-performance extruded finned tubes was shipped to Punjab, Pakistan, for the capacity-expansion and retrofitting project of the air-cooled heat exchanger (air-cooler) system. The project site in Punjab sees summer maximum temperatures consistently above 45°C, with plant-site conditions featuring sand-dust and trace corrosive industrial gases. The end-user has selected Chinese-manufactured 15.875 mm extruded finned tubes as the core heat-transfer components for...
Extra large diameter seamless steel pipe plant opens in Hunan
On July 28, the extra-large diameter continuous pipe rolling mill project of Hengyang Valin Steel Tube (HYST) was officially commissioned. As the world’s first continuous rolling production line for seamless steel pipes with the largest diameter, the line involved a total investment of 3.07 billion yuan and took 18 months to complete. Designed for an annual output of 800,000 tons of seamless steel pipes, the project boasts an ultimate capacity exceeding 1.2 million tons. Its product range...
1,347 Tons of API Oil Casing Pipes Shipped from Tianjin Port to Egypt
Recently, a consignment totalling 1,347 tons of oil casing pipes complying with API 5CT standards was loaded and departed from Tianjin Port for Alexandria Port, Egypt, to serve local oil gas field development projects. Manufactured in strict accordance with international standards for oil country tubular goods (OCTG), these products target the oil gas production market in North Africa. Driven by continuous advancement of oil and gas exploration and development across North Africa, Egypt...
Handover of 4 Main Refining Units Completed for Huajin Aramco Project
On June 26, two key units undertaken under the EPC general contracting consortium formed by Sinopec Ningbo Engineering Co., Ltd. and Sinopec Engineering Incorporation passed the intermediate handover acceptance with high standards. They are the 3.7 million tons per year diesel hydrocracking unit and the 1 million tons per year C4 complex unit of the Huajin Aramco Fine Chemicals and Raw Material Project. Following the intermediate handover of the 15 mt/a atmospheric and vacuum distillation unit...
Zhongke Refining & Chemical’s 500kt/a No.2 Aromatics Extraction Unit Achieves Mechanical Completion
On May 29, the No.2 Aromatics Extraction Unit of Zhongke (Guangdong) Refining & Chemical Co., Ltd. completed mechanical completion (intermediate handover) at its plant site on Donghai Island, Zhanjiang. On-site construction work of the project has been fully wrapped up, and the unit has officially entered the phases of production preparation, system commissioning and feed trial run. As a key project of Zhongke Refining & Chemical to boost quality, efficiency and advance oil-to-chemicals...
China-Russia Far East AGCC Project with Annual Output of 2.7 Million Tons of Polyolefins
On July 17, 2026, the Sino-Russian joint venture Amur Gas Chemical Complex (AGCC) announced its commissioning this summer, with the first batch of polyethylene to be produced. Polypropylene production is scheduled to start in early 2027. Located in Amur Oblast in Russia’s Far East, the project is jointly invested by Russia’s Sibur (60%) and Sinopec (40%), with a total investment exceeding 10 billion US dollars. It is one of the world’s large-scale ethane cracking facilities, boasting an annual...
Dushanzi Petrochemical Tarim Phase II Ethylene Project Officially Put into Operation
Recently, the 1.2 mt/a ethylene and supporting low-carbon demonstration project of Dushanzi Petrochemical Tarim Phase II has successfully completed commissioning and been officially put into production. Located in Korla Petrochemical Industrial Park, Xinjiang, the project has a total investment of over 25.6 billion yuan, with multiple high-end polyolefin production units constructed. Upon completion, the total annual ethylene production capacity of Dushanzi Petrochemical has increased to 3.2...
Atyrau Silleno Polyethylene Project in Kazakhstan
Recently, the official construction of the Atyrau Silleno Polyethylene Project in Kazakhstan, contracted by SEI Engineering Group on an EPC general contracting basis, has started. As a landmark project for Kazakhstan to boost the development of its petrochemical industry, the Silleno Project boasts a total investment of about 7.7 billion US dollars. It is designed with an annual polyethylene output of 1.25 million tons and is expected to be completed and operational in 2029. The project is...
Large-scale Integrated Silleno Polyethylene Project in Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Recently, the construction of the Silleno Polyethylene Project in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, undertaken by China National Chemical Engineering No.2 Construction Corporation, has officially commenced. Located in Atyrau, an important city in western Kazakhstan, the project involves a total investment of approximately 7.7 billion US dollars, with a designed annual polyethylene output of 1.25 million tons. It is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in 2029. Upon commissioning, the project will...
3,400 Tons of Anti-corrosion Steel Pipes Shipped to Kuwait
In 2026, a vessel named Huayang departed from Tianjin Port, carrying 3,400 tons of anti-corrosion submerged arc welded steel pipes manufactured by Huayang Steel Pipe. The pipe specification is Φ508×7.1mm LSAW with 3PE coating, with a total laying length of approximately 30 kilometers, which will be applied to the construction of Kuwait’s crude oil trunk pipeline project. Oil transmission projects impose stringent requirements on steel pipe quality. Weld seam quality, anti-corrosion structure...
CNOOC Shell Huizhou Phase III 1.6 Million T/A Ethylene Cracking Furnace
This giant steel structure, over 50 meters long, more than 20 meters wide, nearly 50 meters high and with a total weight exceeding 2,000 tons, marks a landmark achievement for Maoming Zhongli after it systematically mastered core technologies including modular design and integrated manufacturing of large-scale complete ethylene cracking furnaces for the first time. As a major national strategic refining and chemical integration project, the CNOOC Shell Huizhou Phase III Ethylene Project...
Expansion and Revamp of Ethylene Plant at Fushun Petrochemical
The debottlenecking revamp and energy efficiency upgrading project for Fushun Petrochemical’s 800 kt/a ethylene plant has entered its final construction phase. Handover for commissioning is scheduled for the end of June 2026, with formal commissioning and startup by late September. Upon completion, the plant’s annual ethylene capacity will rise from 800,000 tons to 950,000 tons, with a total investment of 2.58 billion yuan. Alongside the ethylene capacity expansion from 800 kt/a to 950 kt/a, a...
Qatar RUYA Subsea Pipeline Project
On December 26, COOEC announced that the vessel Offshore Oil 201 successfully completed all subsea pipeline laying works for the first phase of the Qatar RUYA EPCI 09 Turnkey Project, as the final end closure was lowered into water. As the largest-value Middle East subsea pipeline laying project undertaken by Chinese enterprises, the first phase of the RUYA Project involves 28 subsea pipelines with a total laying length of 137.88 kilometers. The pipelines come in 10 different sizes, featuring a...
HBP Completed Mechanical Completion of Majnoon Oilfield EPC Project in Iraq
Recently, the DS2 Wet Oil Processing EPC General Contracting Project of Iraq Majnoon Oilfield undertaken by HBP has successfully passed the acceptance by Basra Oil Company (BOC), officially obtained the Mechanical Completion Certificate and fully achieved mechanical completion. The project has officially entered the commissioning phase. The acceptance involved a total of 146 sub-systems across the entire site, covering all facilities of the combined processing station such as three-stage...
Extra-large Diameter Steel Pipes Shipped to Saudi Arabia
A batch of extra-large and extra-long submerged arc spiral welded steel pipes with a diameter of 2032 mm and a length of 18 meters have been loaded onto vessels at Yangzhou Port and shipped to Saudi Arabia. The pipes will be used for local seawater desalination projects and urban water transmission pipeline construction. The steel pipes adopt high-precision submerged arc spiral welding technology, featuring high weld strength and stable quality. The rolling precision is controlled at the...
Recently, China National Petroleum Corporation Jilin Petrochemical Company launched a 100-day critical campaign for the civil engineering work of its transformation and upgrading project, involving a 300,000 tons per annum (kt/a) tubular EVA plant and a 100,000 tons per annum autoclave EVA plant.This plant serves as the core facility for ethylene feedstock balance of Jilin Petrochemical. At the construction site of the EVA Project under the Calcium Carbide Plant, the foundation construction...
Hengyi (Brunei) PMB Petrochemical Project
The Hengyi (Brunei) PMB Petrochemical Project is a ten-million-ton integrated refining and chemical joint venture developed by China’s Hengyi Group and the Government of Brunei. With a total investment of 3.45 billion US dollars, it features an annual crude oil processing capacity of 8 million tons, comprising 14 main production units and supporting storage & transportation facilities with a capacity of 22 million tons. Main Works Include: 8 mt/a Atmospheric & Vacuum Distillation...
The project of Development and Industrial Application of Sinopec’s New-Generation Green and Intelligent Integrated Aromatics Technology, jointly researched and developed by Engineering Construction Corporation, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, Jiujiang Petrochemical and other institutions, has passed the official appraisal of the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation. This new-generation green and intelligent integrated aromatics technology has developed advanced...
BASF (Guangdong) Verbund Site Fully Commissioned
On March 26, BASF held a commissioning ceremony in Zhanjiang City, announcing the full completion and operation of its BASF (Guangdong) Verbund Site. The project has achieved accelerated and high-quality construction over the past three years. In 2024, its thermoplastic polyurethane unit was put into production, and the Verbund Tech Center was opened simultaneously. In 2025, several core chemical units were successively commissioned, and three new fragrance ingredients units completed...
Maoming Petrochemical Refining Transformation & Upgrade and Ethylene Quality Improvement Project
Location: Maoming, GuangdongInvestment Scale: Approximately 30.5 billion yuan Core Content:This project serves as a benchmark for Sinopec's "reduce oil production, increase chemical output" strategy. While maintaining the annual crude oil processing capacity of 18 million tons unchanged, the project will drastically reduce refined oil output by 1.85 mt/a and increase ethylene feedstock production by 1.67 mt/a instead. Four key processing units will be newly built, including a 3 mt/a Deep...
BASF (Guangdong) Verbund Site Fully Commences Production
With a total investment of approximately 870 million euros, this is BASF's largest single overseas investment to date, as well as the largest wholly foreign-owned single project invested by a German enterprise in China. As BASF's third-largest integrated production base worldwide, the site covers about 4 square kilometers and is located in the Petrochemical Industrial Park on Donghai Island, Zhanjiang. It is independently constructed and operated by BASF. The base houses the world's first...
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