Petrochemicals

Asahi Kasei has formed a strategic partnership with Genomatica regarding HMD based on biomass-derived raw materials.

SABIC has announced a new collaboration with Kraton to deliver certified renewable butadiene from its TRUCIRCLE portfolio for use in Kraton’s renewable styrenic block copolymers.

BASF has launched Fourtitude – a new FCC catalyst designed to maximise butylenes from resid feedstocks.

The companies' programmes have been designed to meet the continued growth of Indonesia's domestic petrochemical product market.

The funding will finance the construction of Encina’s first plastic waste-to-aromatics recycling plant in Pennsylvania, US.

BASF will almost double the production capacity for its synthetic ester base stocks at its site in Jinshan, China, due to the rising demand for high-performance lubricants in Asia Pacific.

Huajin Aramco Petrochemical Co., a joint venture (JV) between Aramco, North Huajin Chemical Industries Group Corp., and Panjin Xincheng Industrial Group, will develop the liquids-to-chemicals complex.

Advanced Polyolefins Industry Co. has signed a loan agreement with the Saudi Industrial Development Fund (SIDF).

Aramco's subsidiary, SAAC, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sinopec for potential downstream collaboration in China.

hte has been awarded a tender for the provision of a very flexible high throughput solution to A*STAR.

Yousef A. Al-Benyan, Vice Chairman and CEO of SABIC, and Chairman of the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association, has stated that the GCC chemical industry must refocus on meeting decarbonisation and circularity goals.

AFPM President and CEO Chet Thompson has written a letter confirming AFPM’s position on petroleum imports from Russia.

Process Insights, a Union Park Capital portfolio company, has acquired Guided Wave Inc. from Singapore-based Advanced Holdings Ltd.

hte has been selected by Gevo – a developer sustainable, low-carbon biofuel and chemicals – to advance their understanding of the catalytic dehydration of biogenic isobutanol to form isobutylene.

INEOS Aromatics has completed the US$70 million modernisation of a PTA facility in Merak, Indonesia, which significantly reduces emissions and increases capacity.