Petrochemicals

Neste and LyondellBasell have announced the commercial-scale production of bio-based plastic from renewable materials.

Grace has licensed its UNIPOL polypropylene process technology to Hyundai Chemical, for use in their cracker complex.

SK E&C has been awarded the FEED contract for INEOS’ PDH unit at the centre of its investment in Antwerp, Belgium.

BASF and SIBUR will collaborate to develop polymer solutions at SIBUR’s newly-inaugurated PolyLab R&D centre, Moscow.

Standic will build a new chemical storage terminal in Port of Antwerp, doubling its capacity.

Rystad Energy believes that OPEC+ countries will not be able to increase oil production levels in the second half of 2019 without having a detrimental effect on oil prices.

GAIL has successfully produced metallocene linear-low density polyethylene at its Indian plant.

BASF and Lutianhua have signed a MoU to build a pilot plant for a new process in synthetising dimethyl ether developed by BASF and Linde.

Zachry Group and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America Inc. have been awarded a polyethylene unit construction contract.

GobalData reports that Asia and North America will lead global polyethylene capacity additions by 2023.

ExxonMobil and SABIC will proceed with their proposed Gulf Coast petrochemicals facility, including a 1.8 million t ethane steam cracker.

McDermott has been awarded a technology contract in China for a large paraxylene plant.

Clariant has released CATOFIN 311, a propane dehydrogenation catalyst which the company says has greater selectivity and a longer lifetime.

A video offers a look at the scale of ExxonMobil’s project to expand its Group II base stocks capacity.

To meet growing global demand, ExxonMobil has completed the expansion of its Group II base stocks capacity at its Singapore complex.