Petrochemicals

LyondellBasell has announced the publication of its 2021 sustainability report, which details the company's ambitions to help end plastic waste in the environment, and address climate change.

Servomex has helped to improved safety at a newly expanded purified terephthalic acid (PTA) facility at the Merak plant in Indonesia.

Cyclyx International, a consortium-based supply chain innovation company with a mission to increase the recycling rate of plastic, has announced that NOVA Chemicals has joined as the newest member.

The companies have announced that the pilot demonstration of Compact Membrane Systems' Optiperm technology for light olefin paraffin separation has started up at Braskem's Marcus Hook facility in the US.

NextChem has completed construction of a demonstration plant in Italy for the chemical recycling of PET and polyester from textiles, as part of the EU's DEMETO project.

Consumption of ethane has grown every year since 2010 in the US, and more ethane is now consumed in the country than either jet fuel or propane.

The AFPM has announced the winners of the 2021 Annual Safety Awards – part of the refining and petrochemical industries’ ongoing mission to enhance and recognise outstanding workplace safety.

Elliott Group has announced that Takanobu Miyaki has been appointed CEO, and Shane Reph as COO.

hte has been awarded the supply of a high throughput unit as the result of a tender floated by AIST, and will commission and install the unit at AIST’s research centre in Japan.

GCMD was set up to help drive decarbonisation of the maritime industry and bp is pleased to be working with the organisation to help further this aim.

Together with Siheung City and Siheung Urban Corp., LG Chem has signed an MoU for the construction of a waste plastic recycling system.

INEOS Aromatics has completed a US$70 million modernisation of its PTA plant in Merak, Indonesia, that will significantly reduce emissions and increase capacity.

The EIA’s 2022 Annual Energy Outlook report projects growth in consumption of NGLs in the bulk chemicals industry.

Eastman has entered into an exclusive negotiation with Port-Jérôme-sur-Seine as the preferred location of a molecular recycling facility that it plans to build in France.

BASF Venture Capital has announced a strategic investment in Oceanworks – a sustainable plastic solutions provider that brings traceability and transparency through the digitalisation of recycled plastics.