Petrochemicals

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.

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).