Construction
Dangote appoints ex-Shell executive to lead refinery amid expansion drive
Nigeria’s Dangote Group has appointed David Bird, a former Shell executive and ex-CEO of 0Q8 refinery in Oman, as chief executive of its refinery and petrochemical division, as it accelerates its pan-African growth strategy.
Indonesia, Taikun Petrochemical affirm commitment for $5.95 billion project
Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Taikun Petrochemical to affirm a commitment to invest $5.95 B to build a petrochemical production facility in North Kalimantan, the economic ministry said.
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China's Shandong Yulong Petrochemicals to invest > $16 B to incorporate petrochemicals production at Yantai refinery
China's Shandong Yulong Petrochemical plans to invest $117.86 billion yuan ($16.42 billion) to produce chemicals at its refinery complex in Yantai, according to a government notice detailing the provisional plan.
HAMR Energy announces plans for Australia’s first major methanol-to-jet fuel facility
HAMR Energy announced plans to develop a $700-MM to $800-MM sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility, after completing a successful feasibility study.
Johnson Matthey’s tech enables successful start-up of the world’s largest single-train methanol plant
Johnson Matthey announced that the three methanol production trains of Inner Mongolia Baofeng Coal-based New Materials Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group, were successfully commissioned in November 2024, February 2025 and March 2025, respectively.
India's top gas importer Petronet seeks loan to expand petchem plant
The company is building a petrochemical plant in India's western state of Gujarat at the cost of 206.85 B rupees.
PetroChina makes FID for new northeast refinery complex
The new complex comprises a 200,000-bpd crude oil refinery, a 1.4-metric MMtpy ethylene complex as well as a variety of downstream petrochemical units such as polyethylene, polypropylene and polyolefin elastomer.
Indian caustic soda major TGV SRAAC selects thyssenkrupp nucera for new expansion contract
Indian caustic soda major TGV SRAAC Ltd. (formerly Sree Rayalaseema Alkalies and Allied Chemicals Ltd.), has commissioned thyssenkrupp nucera to expand its chlor-alkali plants in Kurnool in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
NNPC CEO reaffirms Nigeria's initiative to debottleneck domestic refining capacity, strives for self sufficiency
The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, has reaffirmed the Company’s commitment to dismantling structural bottlenecks towards laying a solid foundation for a self-sufficient refining ecosystem in Africa.
- Honeywell collaborates with SAF One and Tata Projects to enable sustainable aviation fuel production 1/29
- Casale and OMNI Sign MoA to jointly advance waste-to-green methanol and hydrogen technologies 1/29
- GIZ and thyssenkrupp nucera partner to advance green hydrogen and power-to-X markets in India 1/29
- IACS issues new Unified Requirement on ammonia release mitigation systems 1/29
- TotalEnergies and Mozambique announce the full restart of the $20-B Mozambique LNG project 1/29
- CF Industries, POET launch low-carbon fertilizer pilot to cut ethanol production carbon intensity 1/29

