Petrochemicals
Indorama Ventures almost triples its PET recycling capacity in Brazil
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, one of the world’s largest producers of recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate resin, announced the completion of the expansion of its recycling facility in Brazil, supported by a ‘Blue Loan’ from the International Finance Corporation, a member of the World Bank.
Borouge & Borealis unveil auto products made of 70% recycled materials
Borouge PLC and Borealis announced the launch of two new sustainable polymer products for the automotive industry.
Indonesia's H1 biodiesel consumption at 5.41 MM KL
Indonesia’s consumption of palm oil-based biodiesel for the first six months of this year was 5.41 million kiloliters, data from palm oil fund agency BPDPKS showed.
Montauk Renewables, Inc. signs LoI with European Energy to provide CO2 for e-methanol production
Montauk Renewables, Inc. and its subsidiary, Montauk Energy Holdings, LLC, announced the Company signed a Letter of Intent with EE North America, LLC, a North American subsidiary of Denmark–based European Energy, to deliver all biogenic Carbon Dioxide volumes from all its Texas facilities sufficient for large scale production of e-fuels such as e-methanol.
Nutrien to pause potash ramp up, ammonia project on falling prices
Nutrien decided to indefinitely pause its ramp-up plans for potash production and halt work on its clean ammonia project at Geismar, Louisiana, as the world's biggest fertilizer producer grapples with falling prices.
INEOS and SINOPEC complete major petrochemicals deal in China
INEOS has completed the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with SINOPEC for the Tianjin Nangang Ethylene Project, announced in December 2022, which is currently under construction by SINOPEC and expected to be on-stream by April 2024.
BASF publishes Life Cycle Assessment study on polyamides from chemically recycled or renewable raw materials in mozzarella packaging
BASF has published its new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the environmental impact of a mozzarella packaging using various alternative raw materials in the production of food-grade plastics.
Large fire at Gohar petro-refinery in Doroud, Iran
A fire occurred in the tanks of the Gohar petro-refinery Industrial Zone in Doroud, injuring two people who were hospitalized,
Re-refining Plant by Sequoia operational in Galicia Spain
Intacta, PMA and Sequoia are pleased to announce successful startup of a vacuum distillation plant in Galicia, Spain. The plant is capable of processing fifty metric tons per day of waste lubricating oil and waste fuels.
BASF increases production capacity for medium-molecular weight polyisobutenes in Ludwigshafen, Germany
BASF will increase the production capacity for its medium-molecular weight polyisobutenes, marketed under the tradename OPPANOL B, at its site in Ludwigshafen, Germany, by 25%.
- Essar launches hydrogen power plant at Stanlow refinery (U.K.) 7/16
- Trelleborg partners with Airbus on hydrogen-powered air travel 7/16
- Neste, Mitsubishi Corporation agree on strategic partnership to develop supply chains for renewable chemicals and plastics 7/16
- Vale, Komatsu and Cummins announce collaboration to develop dual-fuel large trucks, powered by ethanol and diesel 7/16
- Mexico–U.S. energy trade value fell in 2023 on lower fuel prices 7/16
- Belarus' Mozyr oil refinery restoring operations after outage due to storm 7/16
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- Hydrogen-rich content gasoline: A new concept for paraffinic gasoline reformulation
- Alarm rationalization at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) refineries
