Petrochemicals
Total inks new labor agreement with global union
A committee made up of members from Total and IndustriALL will meet annually to ensure that the agreement has been implemented and to identify and promote best practices.
Matheson to supply gases for new Sasol cracker
Matheson has entered into an agreement with Sasol to supply tonnage oxygen and nitrogen to Sasol’s world-scale ethane cracker, which is part of an$8.1 billion expansion in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
BASF to expand 1,4-butanediol capacity by 10% from Louisiana plant
BASF will increase its production capacities for the chemical intermediate 1,4-butanediol (BDO) by 10% at its site in Geismar, Louisiana as of 2016.
Axens, IFPEN, Anellotech to develop bio-aromatics production technology
The technology will address large-scale units and produce purified aromatics streams suitable for modern derivative production processes at a very competitive price.
Petrobras ships first naphtha to Braskem from Abreu e Lima refinery
The first batch of petrochemical naphtha from Petrobras' Abreu e Lima refinery will be delivered to customer Braskem, a petrochemicals group with operations across Brazil.
Albemarle, Rockwood merge specialty chemicals
"Today is a great day for Albemarle as we welcome our new employees and join forces to create a premier specialty chemicals company," said Luke Kissam, Albemarle's CEO.
Honeywell begins production of new low-GWP blowing agent, propellant
Honeywell projects that use of its low GWP Solstice materials to replace HFCs will eliminate more than 350 metric MMt in CO2 equivalents by 2025.
US plastic resins output shows monthly decline
US production of major plastic resins totaled 6.1 billion pounds during November 2014, a decrease of 2.2% compared to the same month in 2013, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC).
Indorama buys new Polyplex PET plant in Turkey
Following the acquisition of the 130,000-tpy Artenius Turkpet plant (now renamed Indorama Ventures Adana PET) in the second quarter of 2014, the company will have a combined capacity of 382,000 tons, making IVL the top domestic PET producer in Turkey and the Southeast Europe region.
Chemicals group Huntsman sees better business from lower oil prices
"In an environment where oil prices are sustainably low, Huntsman will emphatically be a beneficiary over the long term," the CEO said. "Many of our raw materials are derived from the oil refining process."
- Malaysia plans to produce sustainable jet fuel in 2027 11/27
- ADNOC launches $80-B low-carbon energy and chemicals investment company 11/27
- Chevron sees California's fuel inventory law raising prices for customers 11/27
- Clariant’s MegaMax™ catalysts to power China’s first biomass-to-green methanol project 11/27
- easyJet, Renavia and WFS sign MoU for long-term supply of SAF 11/27
- Dow, Ambipar partner to promote plastics recycling in South America 11/26
