Petrochemicals

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. has announced plans to construct an innovation centre within its Chiba Complex, China.

Michelin, IFPEN and Axens have inaugurated the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing bio-based butadiene in France, at Michelin’s site in Bassens near Bordeaux.

SABIC has announced the final investment decision (FID) for the SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Complex (Sino-Saudi Gulei Ethylene Complex Project) in China’s Fujian province.

INEOS produced bio-based high-density polyethylene (HDPE) has been used to create the world’s first fully sustainable gas pipeline.

M2X Energy and SCG Chemicals (SCGC) have strengthened their existing relationship by announcing a joint development programme to optimise key chemical transformations within M2X’s modular process.

LyondellBasell has entered into an agreement to acquire a 35% interest in Saudi Arabia–based National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) from Alujain Corp.

Yokogawa Corp. of America and KBC (a Yokogawa Company) have announced the dates of their upcoming Users Conference, YNOW2024.

Lummus Technology has announced an award from Saudi Ethylene and Polyethylene Co. (SEPC) for the design and supply of two Short Residence Time ethylene heaters.

Lummus Technology has announced a major investment to help scale production of Resynergi's modular Continuous Microwave Assisted Pyrolysis (CMAP) technology.

GlobalData reports that Asia is set to account for 89% of global phenol capacity additions by 2027.

Technip Energies to provide proprietary technology, engineering, and procurement services for Dow’s net-zero integrated ethylene cracker in Canada.

NEXTCHEM, through its biodegradable plastics technology licensor, CONSER, has been awarded technology licensing and catalyst supply by a prominent client, as part of a larger project located in Northwestern China.

PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific (MHI) to jointly study the technologies required to develop a large-scale petrochemical complex that aims to support Thailand's carbon neutrality by 2050.

Acelen Renewables has presented its pioneering project that will propel Brazil forward in the global energy transition.

H.E. Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium, has witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on energy transition cooperation between three Belgian and three Houston-based partners.