Petrochemicals

Linde Engineering has been selected by Slovnaft, a member of the MOL Group, to conduct a complex large-scale revamp of a polypropylene plant in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Working alongside Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas, ABB has been employed to install its DCS ABB Ability System 800xA at the new Olefin III complex in Plock, Poland, to monitor and analyse plant productivity.

Woodside and BHP have completed the merger of Woodside with BHP’s oil and gas portfolio to create a global energy company.

Neste and Circularise have announced a partnership to introduce Circularise’s traceability software into circular polymers and chemicals supply chains, increasing transparency along the value chain.

The companies have conducted a proof-of-concept test of a technology by controlling a simulated plant processing operation, successfully demonstrating that 5G is suitable for the remote control of actual plant processes.

Lummus Technology and Clariant have been awarded a major contract by Fujian Meide to supply CATOFIN technology and catalysts for a new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Fuzhou, China.

Leading global provider of mission-critical air and gas handling products, technologies and services, Howden, has opened a new office in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Sulzer has been forced to wind down its two entities in Poland following a decision on an interpretation of the Polish sanction regulations, which were recently unilaterally introduced by the country.

Encina, a producer of circular chemicals, has achieved the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its circular monomers converted from post-consumer and scrap plastic.

New Hope Energy will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas, US, to transform end-of-life plastic waste into a recycled feedstock.

Worley and Avantium are progressing towards a world-first commercial scale renewable plastics facility in the Netherlands.

The companies have announced their collaboration to study a PET chemical recycling facility at Toray Films Europe's production site in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost, France.

Refiners and petrochemical manufacturers are consistently ranked in the top industries for safety out of more than 500 US manufacturing industries.

TA’ZIZ has announced that Shaheen will join the proposed TA'ZIZ and Reliance joint venture that will construct and operate a world-scale EDC and PVC facility at the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The companies have signed an MoU aimed at strengthening cooperation across crude oil sourcing and the marketing of refining and petrochemical products and LNG in Thailand.