Petrochemicals

A new report from GlobalData predicts that India’s phenol capacity will grow tenfold to 2022.

Delta Controls has signed an agreement to purchase the Mobrey line of measurement products from Emerson.

GlobalData reports that the packaging industry will drive polypropylene growth in India over next four years.

BASF has announced that it has successfully developed a process to produce methanol with no greenhouse gas emissions.

McDermott has been awarded a FEED contract by MOL for their petrochemical complex in Hungary.

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.