Petrochemicals

Wood Mackenzie analyses the risks to commodities and corporate exposure, as well as the wider economic fallout of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

IBM Security’s ‘2022 X Force Threat Intelligence Index’ reveals that the energy industry accounted for 24% of all cyberattacks in the UK last year.

The companies have entered into a cooperation agreement to develop improved capital and operating efficiencies for the production of on-purpose linear alpha olefins for use in manufacturing polyethylene resins.

ExxonMobil has completed its first commercial sale of certified circular polymers, using its ExxtendTM technology for advanced recycling of plastic waste.

Tranter has received an order from a European-based EPC company for a petrochemical project in Eastern Europe.

TOYO has been selected as the commissioned contractor of a project to assess the feasibility of electrifying ethylene cracking furnaces in Thailand, in order to support the country's net zero goals.

The goal of the project is to switch naphtha crackers from running on conventional methane-based fuel to one in which ammonia is the principal component.

Lummus Technology announced that Shandong Yulong Petrochemical Co. Ltd has selected its technology for use in a new 400 000 tpy alkylation unit.

TotalEnergies and Honeywell have announced a strategic agreement to promote the development of advanced plastic recycling.

Technip Energies to design commercial unit for Encina to produce circular chemicals from plastic waste.

New ABB study on industrial transformation unveils critical relationship between digitalisation and sustainability.

A new BASF production plant for the intermediate 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) at the Ludwigshafen Verbund site started regular operations in 4Q21.

Lummus Technology’s Green Circle business, along with Synthos S.A., has reached a milestone in the development of bio-butadiene technology for the production of sustainable rubber.

Honeywell has introduced a new solution for producing renewable naphtha for petrochemical production.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ C2 FE selective hydrogenation catalyst was used at the 750 000 tpy heavy-feed grassroots ethylene plant in Daesan, South Korea.