Petrochemicals

Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, has announced the launch of CATOFIN 1000, its propane dehydrogenation catalyst.

The Pacifico Mexinol project celebrated the beginning of its pre-construction phase by symbolically laying a first stone.

INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe is strengthening its commitment to Europe by signing new distribution agreements that expand access to its local, high-quality polyolefins offer.

Honeywell will provide petrochemical process technologies and catalysts to Dangote to create plastics and detergents, helping the region strengthen energy security.

WPU, Vitol’s plastics recycling business, plans to build a new chemical recycling facility for end-of-life plastics at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, alongside Vitol’s refinery, VPR.

A new report from Black & Veatch and Takepoint Research finds OT cybersecurity is still introduced too late in most industrial capital projects, increasing long-term risk and cost.

Syensqo and Shell Chemicals Europe B.V. have collaborated to supply mass-balanced, low-carbon ethylene oxide solutions for the agricultural and industrial markets.

Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by Long Son Petrochemicals Co., Ltd. (LSP) for its Long Son Petrochemicals Enhancement (LSPE) project, located on Long Son Island, Vietnam.

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary, Uhde Inventa-Fischer, has signed a contract with the Turkish packaging producer KÖKSAN for the delivery of a PET production plant.

BASF is launching Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexylacrylate RE, two new products that are manufactured at BASF’s Freeport, Texas site, US, with attributed electricity from renewable sources.

OMV and XRG, ADNOC’s international investment arm, have announced the formation of Borouge Group International AG, to operate under the brand name Borouge International.

NGL exports reached 3.1 million bpd in 2025, growing 7% from the previous year, NGL plant production increasing every year since 2005.

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that it has acquired certification under the ISCC PLUS system for ACTCOL™ produced at its Nagoya Works in January 2026, certifying sustainable products.

BASF has announced the official inauguration of its newly built Verbund site in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province in southern China.

A strong manufacturing sector prompts China to account for more than a third of global plastics consumption, according to GlobalData.