Petrochemicals

BASF has launched EasiplasTM, a new brand of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), alongside reaching significant construction milestones at the HDPE plant at the Zhanjiang Verbund site.

ADNOC has announced the launch of XRG, an international lower-carbon energy and chemicals investment company, with an enterprise value of over US$80 billion.

CG Thermal specialises in providing process technology solutions for harsh and corrosive process streams, serving industries such as chemical processing, fertilizer production, and emerging technologies in the energy sector.

With petrochemicals sector growth set to slow down over the course of the next decade, energy specialist Aggreko is encouraging refinery operators to target efficiency gains in order to remain competitive in the shifting market landscape.

ExxonMobil plans to invest more than US$200 million to expand its advanced recycling operations at its sites in Baytown and Beaumont, Texas, US.

Clariant has announced the successful installation of its EnviCat N2O-S catalyst at the nitric acid plant of Hengli Petrochemical.

INEOS Acetyls and Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) have signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the feasibility to build a new world-scale acetic acid plant at GNFC's site in Bharuch, Gujarat, India.

Aramco, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (SINOPEC), and Fujian Petrochemical Co. Ltd (FPCL) have broken ground on a new integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Fujian Province, China.

Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) has signed a licence amendment with Lummus Technology to expand its phenol production capacity for the upcoming phenol and acetone plant in Haldia, West Bengal, India.

Neste and Singapore-based essential chemicals company PCS Pte. Ltd. have launched a cooperation for the supply of renewable solutions to Southeast Asia’s chemicals industry.

The project’s scope of work is to build ethylene storage facilities and utility infrastructure (U&O) at an industrial complex in Ras Laffan.

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. will be presenting a chemical recycling solution at the Advanced Recycling Conference 2024 in Cologne, Germany.

Aduro Clean Technologies Inc., a company using the power of chemistry to transform lower value feedstocks into resources, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with GF Building Flow Solutions Americas (GF).

Akselos has announced the expansion of its Structural Performance Management (SPM) software offering for hydrotreaters in the refining and petrochemicals sector.

Neste, Alterra and Technip Energies have signed a collaboration agreement to advance the circularity of plastics by providing the industry a standardised technology solution for chemical recycling.