Petrochemicals

Cloud for industries: Why the time is now?

Industrial AI for guided diagnosis of KPI deviations in production operations

Japan's JERA starts ammonia co-firing trial at coal power station

JERA said it has begun a demonstration of co-firing 20% of ammonia with coal at its Hekinan thermal power station in central Japan, in what it said is the world's first trial using a large amount of the gas at a major commercial plant.

INEOS completes acquisition of TotalEnergies' Lavera petrochemical assets in Southern France

INEOS has completed the acquisition of TotalEnergies’ 50% share of Naphtachimie, Appryl, Gexaro and 3TC announced on July 5th.

INEOS completes acquisition of TotalEnergies' Lavera petrochemical assets in Southern France (1)

INEOS has completed the acquisition of TotalEnergies’ 50% share of Naphtachimie, Appryl, Gexaro and 3TC announced on July 5th.

Dow and Procter & Gamble to develop a new proprietary recycling technology targeting hard-to-recycle plastic waste

Dow and the Procter & Gamble Company announced a joint development agreement  to create a new recycling technology to enable efficient conversion of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging into recycled polyethylene with near-virgin quality and a low greenhouse gas emissions footprint.

NextChem Tech selected as engineering and technology partner for Aliplast’s upcycling plant project in Italy

NextChem Tech has been selected as engineering and technology partner for a new plastic upcycling project to be implemented in Modena by Aliplast, a company part of Hera Group and responsible for the recycling and conversion of plastic waste.

An innovative process for simultaneously producing high-purity benzene and U.S.-grade gasoline from FCC C₆ heartcut

Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSAT) II regulations restrict the average benzene level in gasoline sold in the U.S. to 0.62 vol%. In India and in several other countries, benzene in gasoline is presently restricted to 1 vol%. Fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) gasoline contributes to nearly 10%–20% of the gasoline pool in a typical refinery.

Decarbonize the FCCU through maximizing low-carbon propylene

As the global energy system continues to be threatened by geopolitical tensions, the refining industry continues to demonstrate an outstanding capacity for adaptation.

Pellet handling system for polyolefin plants: Are you specifying it correctly?

Product pellets produced in polyolefin plants—such as polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP)—require transportation from the unit to the end users that process these pellets to manufacture different end-use plastic products.