Polymers
BASF to build emulsion polymers plant in Texas
With the new plant in Freeport, Texas, BASF believes it will be able to better serve the coatings, construction, adhesives, and paper industries by expanding the network of manufacturing locations and improve the backward integration of raw materials used in production.
Galata Chemicals opens India technical center for plastics additives R&D
The technical center offers a full range of analytical and testing capabilities in support of product and application development efforts as well as marketing and technical service for the area customers, according to Dr. Peter Frenkel, global director of technology and innovation for Galata Chemicals.
HP Viewpoint: Age of turbulence: Charting the refining course toward a profitable future
High-performing enterprises draw on external expertise during all project phases, from scouting and front-end engineering and development through to operations.
HP Brief: Brief
Marathon Petroleum Corp. plans to purchase BP’s Texas City refinery and related assets Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase BP’s 451,000-bpcd Texas Ci..
HP Construction: North America
Sunoco Inc., and The Carlyle Group, L.P., have completed the formation of Philadelphia Energy Solutions, a joint venture (JV) that will operate the Philadelphia refinery. The refinery processes 330,00..
HP Construction: Europe
Alfa Laval has an order to supply its compact heat exchangers to a petrochemical company in Western Europe. The order is valued at approximately SEK 70 million. Delivery of the exchangers is scheduled..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacfic
Technip has two contracts, worth approximately €50 million in total, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) services of two refineries in Kazakhstan. The scope involves the modernization..
HP Impact: Chemical industry execs look to the future
Chemical industry executives plan to soon use the significant cash on their balance sheets to pursue strategic acquisitions and new product developments to spur company growth, according to a survey r..
Petronas to exit vinyl business in Malaysia, Vietnam
Petronas Chemicals has three plants - two in Malaysia and one in Vietnam - which mainly manufactures vinyl chloride monomer and polyvinyl chloride with installed nameplate capacity of 680,000 tpy. The company said it will discontinue its vinyl business and cease operations by January 1, 2013.
HPI spending pegged for slight increase in 2013
Even with healthy predictions for expenditures, market players are remaining cautious when making decisions on key projects as they await regulatory clarity. The forecast breaks out capital spending to reach $57.6 billion and maintenance spending to reach $69 billion.
- 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
