Petrochemicals

MAIRE has announced that Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract relating to the implementation of a petrochemical project.

Shintech Louisiana, LLC has announced a US$3.4 billion investment to bolster its manufacturing capabilities, with the construction of a second ethylene unit and a fourth chlor-alkali and vinyl chloride monomer unit.

Escalating conflict in the Middle East and restrictions at the Strait of Hormuz are disrupting critical global flows of chemicals, plastics, and energy, the ICIS has reported.

The International Gas Union (IGU) has released a statement on the escalating conflict in the Middle East and its impact on global energy security.

Zeon Corp. will begin construction of a new production plant for cyclo-olefin polymers (COP) at its business site in Yuka Town, Japan.

MAIRE has announced that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary CONSER, has been awarded a licensing and process design package for the deployment of its technologies for the co-production of Dimethyl succinate (DMS) and 1.4-Butanediol (BDO) by a major state-owned chemical player in China.

KBR and Petro Rabigh have announced a strategic 10 year general maintenance services contract covering Petro Rabigh Polymer I and Polymer II plants at Rabigh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

INEOS has announced a €300 million investment supported by French government grants that will deliver the next phase of its Lavera regeneration plan and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 331 000 tpy.

Dangote Industries Ltd has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with XCMG Construction Machinery Co. Ltd in a move aimed at strengthening infrastructure delivery, industrial capacity, and green project development across Africa.

ExxonMobil’s third advanced recycling unit at it's complex in Baytown, Texas, US, is now operational.

BASF’s Intermediates division is set to strengthen supply security for its European customers in the 1,4-butanediol (BDO) value chain through increased production at its BDO plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Borouge, Borealis, Catalytic Finance Foundation, Pelita Mekar Semesta (PMS), and Reciki Solusi Indonesia, are set to establish Indonesia’s first fully integrated circular waste management ecosystem.

Valmet has received orders from Dow to supply turnkey process analytical solutions for its Path2Zero project at its Fort Saskatchewan site in Alberta, Canada.

OQ and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) have signed a Project Development Agreement of a jointly owned petrochemical complex in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), Oman.

Lummus Technology and Sumitomo Chemical have announced the commercial availability of their polymethyl methacrylate chemical recycling (PMMA-CR) technology.