Petrochemicals

Gulf Petrochemical has awarded Worley Oman a framework agreement for PDO in northern concession areas in Oman.

Schneider Electric has partnered with GR3N to create the first open automation system for the advanced plastic recycling industry.

BASF has inaugurated a new world-scale production plant for alkyl ethanolamines at its Verbund site in Antwerp, Belgium.

KBR has been awarded a contract for its ROSE® supercritical solvent de-asphalting (SDA) technology from Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd. (ZPC), a subsidiary of Rongsheng Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in China.

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (Aduro) has announced a new patent filing covering a new technology for transforming renewable oils and certain waste plastics into higher-value platform chemicals.

Citroniq Chemicals LLC (Citroniq), a producer of carbon-negative materials, has announced the financial closing of US$12 million Series A investment.

Lummus Technology has announced a contract award from Silleno LLP for an ethylene unit, which will be part of the first polyethylene plant to be built in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

LyondellBasell (LYB) has entered into an agreement to acquire full ownership of APK AG in Merseburg, Germany.

Neste is expanding its logistics infrastructure for liquefied recycled raw materials at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland, including materials such as liquefied waste plastic and liquefied rubber tires.

China is likely to register the highest polyethylene capacity additions globally by 2028, contributing about 29% of the total capacity additions from 46 upcoming projects, reports GlobalData.

Lummus Technology has announced an award for multiple technologies from Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) for a new world-scale ethylene plant and associated downstream units in Bina, Madhya Pradesh State, India.

Wood Mackenzie reports that replacing Norway’s oil and gas supplies to Europe with imports would significantly increase emissions between 2024 - 2040.

Energy solutions specialist, Aggreko, has significantly invested in its European fleet of cooling solutions to bring reliable, clean and efficient cooling to the market.

TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to sell its 50% stake in Total PARCO Pakistan Limited (TPPL) to Gunvor Group, a leading global commodities trading company.

This partnership aims to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline and contextualise data management and asset performance across the oil and gas, energy, petrochemicals, and manufacturing industries.