Petrochemicals

Lummus Technology has signed a strategic supply agreement with NET Power Inc. to design and supply recuperative heat exchangers (HXR).

thyssenkrupp Uhde has secured a basic engineering package (BEP) and FEED package for the establishment of a biopolymer plant on the Arabian Peninsula.

Neste and Eppendorf have forged a strategic partnership to develop a new line of renewable lab plastics.

INEOS Aromatics has announced its intention to mothball the smaller and older of two of its Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) units at its integrated PX and PTA production facility in Geel, Belgium.

BASF has signed a syndicated bank term loan facility with a maturity of 15 years for its new Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China.

Clariant has been awarded a major contract by Jiangsu Shenghong Petrochemical Co., Ltd, to use Clariant’s SynDane 3142 LA catalyst for its biodegradable plastics project.

LyondellBasell has made the Final Investment Decision (FID) to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling demonstration plant at its Wesseling, Germany, site.

A team of BASF catalysis researchers were recognised by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey, US, with the 2023 Edison Patent Award.

KAP Project Services has announced its new involvement as an Associate Member of the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM).

Dragos has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Aramco to help protect critical industrial assets and infrastructure for Aramco and its affiliates.

Lummus Technology and Citroniq Chemicals have announced that they have signed licensing and engineering agreements for green polypropylene plants in the US.

W. R. Grace & Co (Grace) has announced that Oriental Energy Co. Ltd has started up a new plant with Grace’s UNIPOL® PP process technology.

Lummus Technology has announced that Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. (HPL) will license its olefins conversion technology (OCT) and the Lummus/Versalis cumene and phenol technologies for a new plant in West Bengal, India.

Yokogawa Solution Service Corp. has announced the conclusion of an agreement with Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd. on the joint development of a small-scale distributed chemical recycling system that uses microwave heating.

Axens and ZPJE have established Nectis, a joint venture (JV) dedicated to the promotion and sale of spiral tubes heat exchangers.