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LyondellBasell collaborates with CORADIN and Dermalogica to optimize post-consumer resin
LyondellBasell has collaborated with CORADIN and Dermalogica to create a more sustainable solution for the GREENIS® Dispenser, leveraging its innovative CirculenRecover solution for the award-winning packaging.
TPC Group fined $30 MM over 2019 Texas (U.S.) blasts that caused evacuations
TPC Group was fined more than $30 MM over blasts at its Port Neches petrochemical plant in Texas (U.S.) that prompted thousands of people to be evacuated in 2019.
Executive Viewpoint: Petrochemicals transition, operational sustainability and new pathways for light olefins production
Welcome to Hydrocarbon Processing’s Executive Series. In this enhanced video platform, the editors speak with the operators and technology leaders and suppliers that are optimizing the global hydrocarbon processing industry (HPI).
Pemex is delivering only a fraction of feedstock to new Olmeca refinery
Mexican state energy company Pemex started sending 16,300 bpd of crude oil to its new Olmeca refinery this week, less than 5% of its total capacity, signaling another delay.
Gulfstream LNG export terminal (U.S.) receives U.S. FERC approval
Gulfstream LNG, under development in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, announced that it has received the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to commence the pre-filing permitting process, kicking off the regulatory review for its proposed 4-MMtpy modular export facility.
Mexico president's “dream” Pemex refinery hits another delay
Mexican state energy company Pemex started sending 16,300 bpd of crude oil to its new Olmeca refinery this week, less than 5% of its total capacity, signaling another delay.
AMETEK Land provides thermal imagers to large ethylene producer
AMETEK Land has provided a large U.S. ethylene producer with 28 thermal imagers to provide continuous, highly precise, temperature measurements for optimum process control in its four cracking furnaces.
HIF Global selects Johnson Matthey’s methanol technology for the largest e-methanol plant in South America
Johnson Matthey has been selected by HIF Global as the methanol licensor for HIF Global’s $4-B Paysandú eFuels project in Uruguay, the largest e-methanol plant in South America.
BASF expands its biomass balance portfolio for selected chemical intermediates
BASF will expand its biomass balance offering to include BMBCertTM 1,4-butanediol (BDO), tetra-hydrofuran (THF), polytetra¬hydrofuran (PolyTHF®) and 3-(di¬methyl¬amino)pro¬pyl¬amine (DMAPA).
Higher refinery costs could increase summer gasoline prices says US EIA
Average monthly prices for regular-grade retail gasoline in the U.S. could increase by more than $0.10/gal if refinery output is lower than expected, according to an analysis published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
- Neste introduces co-processed renewable Neste RE feedstock for the polymers and chemicals industry 12/17
- Vitol agrees to acquire 66.84% of plastics recycling company WPU 12/17
- Baker Hughes, UC Berkeley (U.S.) establish global decarbonization research institute 12/17
- India's BPCL plans to expand refining capacity by 2028 12/17
- Phillips 66 outlines nearly $3-B capital program for 2025 12/16
- Mabanaft reaches agreement with Hapag-Lloyd to supply B30 bunker fuel in Hamburg 12/16
