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Capital-intensive investments are being made in every sector

of the hydrocarbon processing industry, in every region. The
following is an update on the global downstream investment
and construction sector. This overview provides a detailed
trends analysis on new and active downstream construction
projects around the world. This information will help shed some
light on the state of the downstream construction sector, as well
as provide a detailed overview on each region’s project outlook.

Photo: Fluor completed the lift of a 250-ft, 570-ton C2 splitter in late 2015.
The column is part of Chevron Phillips Chemical’s ethane cracker project
at its Cedar Bayou complex in Baytown, Texas. Photo courtesy of Fluor.