Petrochemicals
Clariant opens chemical research facility in India
Located in Navi Mumbai, the new facility will host approximately 100 technical employees in chemical research and application development in the near future.
Shell Chemicals offers gas-based fluids, solvents
The high-purity paraffinic fluids are made from gas-to-liquids (GTL) products manufactured at the world’s largest GTL plant -- Pearl GTL in Qatar, a joint venture of Shell and Qatar Petroleum.
CB&I to design gasification unit for China’s Sincier
The unit will utilize CB&I's proprietary E-GasPlus technology for a three-train facility to produce syngas for hydrogen, fuel gas and power. This plant will have the capability of operating on coal and petroleum coke, or a combination of these fuels with a liquid or solid residue from an upstream hydrocracking unit.
CB&I licenses technology for China PP expansion
The unit will use CB&I's Novolen technology to produce 600,000 tpy of polypropylene. There are already two units utilizing Novolen technology on site - each with cascade and parallel lines.
North American ethane supply offers opportunity for Western Europe
On the verge of losing competitiveness, a robust supply of US ethane imports present an opportunity for some Western European producers, with a potential to transform region’s feedstock landscape.
Metso to upgrade Borealis automation in Finland
Metso will carry out automation and emergency shutdown system extensions to the existing Metso DNA system when the polyethylene plant is upgraded with third-generation technology.
BASF opens India polyurethane chemicals plant
The integrated polyurethane manufacturing facility will host a MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) splitter for processing crude MDI, a core component in the manufacture of polyurethane products.
Dow Chemical unveils apprenticeship program
Dow’s US program offers candidates 2-to-4 years of world-class training and on-job experience in some of the most sought after technical specialty positions in the industry.
CB&I to supply ethylene heaters to Petronas for new integrated project
The plant will utilize SRT VII cracking heaters, which are the latest generation of SRT high-selectivity heaters designed for cracking gas and liquid feedstock, to produce 1.1 million tpy of ethylene.
Dow acquires full ExxonMobil stake in PE venture Univation Technologies
Univation Technologies is the licensor of UNIPOL PE process technology and the leader in the development, manufacture and sales of PE catalysts for the UNIPOL PE 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
- Orlen has lost $1.2 B on petrochemical project, state audit finds 11/27
