Petrochemicals

Focusing on developing their relationship in the downstream industry, Tatneft and Slovnaft have signed a cooperation agreement.

Total and Air Liquide are among eight companies that have signed a manifesto on Artificial Intelligence for Industry.

Ben Mitchell, Plant HSSE Manager at BP, to chair the upcoming Petrochemical & Refining Summit.

Wood has been appointed program management partner by INEOS for its European petrochemicals development project.

INEOS Oxide has confirmed Chocolate Bayou, Texas, as the location for its new ethylene oxide (EO) investment in the US.

Haiwan Chemical has contracted KBR to license its phenol and acetone technology for a new plant in Qingdao City, China.

A new report from IndustryARC suggests that the propylene Glycol market is forecast to reach US$5 billion by 2025 and is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 4%.

Siemens has successfully installed and started up its Zimpro® wet air oxidation unit for an olefins plant in the US.

Saudi Aramco has signed 12 agreements worth billions of dollars with various South Korean companies.

Wood Mackenzie comments on Qatar Petroleum and Chevron Phillips Chemical’s plans to build new world-scale ethane cracker in Qatar.

With the inauguration of two new facilities and the signing of a memorandum of understanding, S-Oil and Saudi Aramco are continuing to expand their petrochemicals capacities.

Petronas Chemicals and Scomi have signed two agreements for collaboration in research, development and marketing of chemical solutions.

GlobalData has reported that China and India will lead global polypropylene capacity additions by 2023.

Chevron Phillips and Qatar Petroleum have signed an agreement to develop a petrochemical complex in Qatar.

The IEA reports on how the chemicals industry is one of the largest energy users, accounting for 12% of global industrial energy use.