Petrochemicals

Reuters reports that the Malaysian state energy firm is seeking acquisitions in a bid to expand its specialty chemical business.

LyondellBasell has formed a new Advanced Polymer Solutions business segment.

KBC and OLI Systems will integrate their thermodynamics and physical properties software within the Petro-SIM platform.

A wave of private investment in new integrated plants is set to reduce China's reliance on regional paraxylene imports.

Air Products will supply syngas for Jiutai New Material Co. Ltd’s long-term mono-ethylene glycol project in Hohhot, China.

The company’s latest report forecasts that the global propylene capacity is poised to see considerable growth over the next nine years from 121.3 million tpy in 2017 to 148.1 million tpy in 2026.

Earlier this year, Union Tech was awarded a contract to install Z4 rising-stem ball valves and paired actuators in Nanjing Chengzhi Yongqing Energy Technology’s 600 kilotonnes per annum methanol-to-olefins (MTO) project.

The three companies will work together to study the feasibility and sustainability of transforming liquefied waste plastic into refinery raw material.

The transaction adds to Topsoe’s portfolio of catalyst and proprietary technologies for the chemical and refining industries.

GP Petroleums Ltd (GPPL) has signed an agreement with MAG Lube LLC to manufacture and market IPOL lubricants across the world.

A two-stage dry-running booster compressor manufactured by Mehrer Compression GmbH has helped the Taiwanese Oriental Union Chemical Corp. improve energy efficiency.

Sources who have visited the construction site of the Dangote oil refinery near Lagos, Nigeria, have told Reuters that it is unlikely to begin production until 2022, two years later than the target date.

Toyo Engineering Corp. has secured a contract to add two naphtha cracking furnaces to increase ethylene production at Maruzen Petrochemical Co’s Chiba plant in Japan.

Under the terms of the contracts, two 100 000 metric tpy polycarbonate plants in China will use KBR's proprietary phosgene-based interfacial polycarbonate technology PCMAX™.

Andrea Carcanco of Nozomi Networks told Black Hat conference attendees yesterday that further Triton-like attacks against industrial control systems are likely.