Polyplastics to construct cyclic olefin copolymer production facility
The new plant, to be operated by local Polyplastics subsidiary TOPAS Advanced Polymers GmbH, will have a capacity of 20 000 tpy, more than doubling the company’s current output.
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The new plant, to be operated by local Polyplastics subsidiary TOPAS Advanced Polymers GmbH, will have a capacity of 20 000 tpy, more than doubling the company’s current output.
OQ Chemicals has entered into an agreement to licence technology for the production of ethylene and propylene derivatives to Duqm.
The recent uptick in industrial/ business activities and gradual re-opening of economies are set to strengthen the demand for polymers.
The new facility will be primarily responsible for producing the CATOFIN catalyst for propane dehydrogenation, which is used in the production of olefins such as propylene.
Hengyi is planning to add a 280 000 bpd crude oil refinery and a 2 million tpy paraxylene unit at its complex in Palau Muara Besar.
The technology will be supplied to a gas chemical complex currently under construction on the shore of the Gulf of Finland.
Braskem is using Grace’s UNIPOL PP Process Technology and catalyst systems at its new polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas, US.
The line in La Porte has a production capacity of over 450 kilotons (kt) or 1 billion pounds per year and has the capability to produce a broad range of products, including homopolymer, impact copolymer and random copolymers.
Burckhardt Compression initially purchased a 60% interest in Shenyang Yuanda Compressor, a Chinese compressor manufacturer based in Shenyang, in March 2016.
Zhenhua Petrochemical Co. Ltd will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology for propane dehydrogenation.
In order to reach this goal, by 2030 the company will reduce CO2 emissions from its current refining and petrochemical assets by 20%.
Shell Global Solutions International B.V. has awarded Kongsberg Digital an enterprise framework agreement for the supply of digital twin software.