Petrochemicals

INEOS Oligomers has started up the world’s largest single train Low Viscosity Polyalphaolefin (LV PAO) plant at its Chocolate Bayou facility in Texas.

Vattenfall and Preem have entered into a feasibility phase to assess the possibility of accelerating the development of a value chain connecting offshore wind and hydrogen with the refining industry on the Swedish west coast.

Neste has purchased the European rights to Alterra Energy’s liquefaction technology, further solidifying the company’s efforts to advance chemical recycling.

GlobalData has forecasted that Asia is likely to lead global polyvinyl chloride (PVC) capacity additions with a capacity of 6.35 million tpy by 2026.

The company’s commercial portfolio in the gas production, refining and petrochemical process industries is now served via two divisions.

Hempel has developed the Hempafire XTR 100 to provide hydrocarbon passive fire protection to those working at downstream oil and gas facilities.

Alexandria National Refining and Petrochemical Co. (ANRPC) will upgrade its existing naphtha complex using Honeywell UOP engineering services.

ExxonMobil expects to add approximately 20 000 bpd of light, heavy and extra-heavy lubricant base stocks when upgrades at its Singapore integrated refining and petrochemical complex are complete in 2025.

The companies are cooperating to enable the production of a major polyurethane raw material based on renewable materials via mass balance.

Lummus Technology has announced the launch of its Polaris breech-lock closure – a new technological upgrade applicable to its high-pressure heat exchanger equipment.

Shell and Dow have started up an experimental unit to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces at the Energy Transition Campus in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, bringing the companies a step closer to decarbonising petrochemical manufacturing.

Braskem Idesa has signed an investment agreement with Advario for a joint 50% stake in the construction and operation of an ethane import terminal in Mexico – the Puerto Mexico Chemical Terminal.

GTC Vorro Technology, a provider of environmental services and process technologies to oil and gas, refining, petrochemical and chemical companies, has been acquired by US-based MBT Technology.

According to the latest report from ENISA, attacks increased in 2020 and 2021 – not only in terms of vectors and number, but also in terms of their impact.

GE Digital has announced its new Accelerator product line – software tools to help empower companies in asset-intensive energy industries to quickly configure APM and other offerings.