Petrochemicals

Advisian Digital has partnered with USA DeBusk to launch a commercial robot for catalyst unloading from fixed bed refinery and petrochemical vessels.

Bilfinger has been chosen as maintenance partner for a €60 million contract by SABIC UK Petrochemicals Ltd.

The new agreement will allow Burckhardt the ability to offer Zahroof Valves Inc. (ZVI) products in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations.

The American Chemistry Council has reported on the current outlook for US chemical production.

AVEVA technology will be used to digitally optimise process engineering and simulation at Covestro following the multi-million euro agreement.

BASF to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes plants at their new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China.

Univation’s UNIPOL PE technology will be used for Hyundai Chemical’s new high-density polyethylene plant.

Emerson has been selected by BASF to improve operational efficiency and enhance cybersecurity at its Germany chemical facility.

Automatic Systems Engineering (ASE) will distribute Micropack’s full range of visual and multi-spectrum IR flame detectors in Poland.

Lotte Chemical and Westlake Chemical have hosted a grand opening ceremony for their new chemical complex in Louisiana.

KBC has released its VM-PA 3.7 software offering a digital method for tracking losses, reducing operating costs.

ArrMaz has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Arkema Group for approximately US$570 million.

McDermott has been awarded a technology contract by Chennai Petroleum Corp. for an Indian propylene plant.

ExxonMobil will double the manufacturing capacity of speciality elastomers at its plant in Newport, Wales.

Anticipating growing demand for EVOH resin, Mitsubishi Chemical plans to increase production at its US subsidiary twelvefold.