Petrochemicals

Lummus Technology has announced the commercial availability of its Saplene™ super absorbent polymer (SAP) technology.

Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material.

DNV has published a suite of recommended practices (RPs) that will enable companies operating critical devices, assets, and infrastructure to safely apply artificial intelligence (AI).

Nectis is a France-based company targeting the promotion and sales of spiral tube heat exchangers to the process industry outside of China.

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN have announced the start-up operation of Rewind® PET semi-industrial unit in Japan for the chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

Cyclyx International, a joint venture (JV) between Agilyx and ExxonMobil, has announced that LyondellBasell has acquired 25% equity ownership of the JV.

Lummus Technology has reached an agreement with Air Liquide Engineering & Construction to acquire rights to license and market ester grade acrylic acid technology, and light and heavy acrylates process technology.

KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has announced the launch of KBC Acuity™ Industrial Cloud Suite, which will serve as the new umbrella for cloud delivery of KBC’s software and solutions.

Braskem, the global biopolymer producer, has announced the opening of its representative office in Tokyo, Japan.

LyondellBasell has announced that it has acquired a 50% stake in Rodepa Vastgoed B.V., the holding company of De Paauw Sustainable Resources (DPSR).

Unipar is modernising its chlor-alkali plant at the Cubatão plant in Brazil by incorporating thyssenkrupp nucera electrolysers.

BASF has announced that it has expanded capacities for ethylene oxide and ethylene oxide derivatives at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium.

UPM Biochemicals has selected Dongsung Chemical as the sole distributor of its bio-monoethylene glycol (BioMEG) in Korea.

Aramco, Nanshan Group, Shandong Energy Group and Shandong Yulong Petrochemical have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

ChemOne Group has established an Islamic tranche in the overall scheme of an Export Credit Agency (ECA) backed project financing for the Pengerang Energy Complex (PEC).