MOSCOW (MRC) -- Clariant opened two oilfield chemical facilities in Angola, said the Swiss specialty chemicals company.
One facility, near Soyo at the mouth of the Congo River, was opened earlier this month and has already supplied first chemicals to offshore customers, “a landmark for Clariant’s deepwater operations in Africa”, the company said. Processing capacity at Soyo is expected to reach up to 1,000 tonnes/month.
The 3,400 square-metre complex also comprises offices and a covered warehouse with decanting and filtering equipment. Clariant also opened a warehouse and laboratory complex in Viana, near the Angolan capital Luanda.
"Over the last few years, we’ve significantly grown our operational footprint and capabilities in Angola,” said Mark Swift, head of Oil Services Africa at Clariant. "This base is of strategic importance to Clariant in Angola and makes a statement that we are ambitious and determined to grow the business in this area," he added. Clariant did not disclose how much money it had invested.
As it was earlier said, Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, completed the sale of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group and SK Capital Partners.
As MRC informed before, in October 2020, Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the construction of a new state-of-the-art catalyst production site in China. This project represents a significant investment which further strengthens Clariant’s position in China and enhances its ability to support its customers in the country’s thriving petrochemicals industry.
Clariant AG is a Swiss chemical company and a world leader in the production of specialty chemicals for the textile, printing, mining and metallurgical industries. It is engaged in processing crude oil products in pigments, plastics and paints.
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