
Sichuan Energy Investment and hte sign MoU
Sichuan Energy Investment (SCEI) and hte have signed an MoU to establish a satellite laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, to accelerate SCEI’s R&D activities.
Browse the latest petrochemicals news and articles.

Sichuan Energy Investment (SCEI) and hte have signed an MoU to establish a satellite laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, to accelerate SCEI’s R&D activities.

Rising demand for plastics and resins has boosted ethylene and propylene manufacturing, leading the sector to its highest revenue since 2014, at nearly US$80 billion.

Asia is set to lead the global polyethylene terephthalate (PET) industry capacity additions with a share of 58% by 2026 from new-build and expansion projects between 2022 – 2026, forecasts GlobalData.

The new non-phthalate polypropylene portfolio delivers a variety of advanced attributes, supporting automotive, healthcare and food packaging end products.

Aramco's subsidiary, S-OIL, is making its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world’s largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers.

Sulzer has finalised an extensive modernisation project at the Kotka pump factory in Finland, whereby new automation and digitisation capabilities will take production to a new level.

Neste, Brightlands Venture Partners, 4impact and Asahi Kasei are investing in Circularise, a start-up aimed at accelerating the transformation to more sustainable materials within the polymers and chemicals industry.

Chevron Phillips Chemical and QatarEnergy are proceeding with the construction of a US$8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas, US.

Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Shell, has commenced operations at its Pennsylvania chemical project – the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in northeastern US.

Clean Planet Energy has announced a new joint venture with Crossroads Real Estate to fund the company's ecoPlant – an advanced recycling facility that will process waste plastics.

Pertamina NRE and ACWA Power have signed a joint development agreement to support the development of the Tuban grassroot refinery and petrochemical project in Indonesia.

TOYO has been awarded contracts by BASF to provide EPC services for a large-scale petrochemical complex in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.