In April 2022, Neste announced that it would merge the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Neste Engineering Solutions Oy, into Neste Corp. The plan has now been completed, and the merger will take place on 1 October 2022.
W. R. Grace & Co., an independent supplier of polyolefin catalyst and polypropylene technology, has licensed its UNIPOL® PP technology to Red Sea National Petrochemicals Co.
Lummus Technology has announced that Lihuayi Weiyuan Chemical Co., Ltd. has selected its Novolen polypropylene technology for a new unit in Shandong Province, China.
Asia will lead the global purified terephthalic acid (PTA) industry capacity additions between 2022 and 2026 with a share of 77%, driven by new-build and expansion projects, forecasts GlobalData.
Nuberg EPC has announced that it has been selected by Indian Oil Corp. Ltd for the construction of 400 tpd sulfur recovery unit.
KBR has signed a master license and engineering agreement with Giammarco-Vertrocoke S.R.L. for KBR to license its carbon capture technology globally.
PT Kilang Pertamina International is set to use Grace's UNIPOL polypropylene technology as part of its larger initiative – the Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama olefin complex development project in Indonesia.
INEOS Aromatics in Zhuhai, China, has been named as an ‘Energy Efficiency Leader’ and benchmark enterprise in the PTA industry by the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation in Beijing, for the fourth year in a row.
The companies have signed an MoU to form a consortium aimed at evaluating and advancing the development of large-scale CCUS solutions and integrated infrastructure in Singapore.
The companies have announced a partnership to scale up and commercialise Ioniqa’s advanced PET recycling technology in the plastics industry, and Koch Technology Solutions has committed to invest up to €30 million in Ioniqa.
ROCKWOOL Technical Insulation has introduced its new insulation technology, which provides proven fire resistance to a plant's piping network.
Nalco Water will design, build, operate, own and maintain a new water treatment plant at Shell Jurong Island, a chemicals manufacturing site.
Encina has announced the first-ever production of high-purity aromatics made entirely from end-of-life mixed plastics.
Technip Energies and APChemi have entered into a cooperation agreement to commercialise APChemi's advanced plastic waste to high quality pyrolysis oil technology.
Lummus Technology has announced major advancements to the Lummus External Air Preheater technology. The latest innovations can significantly reduce CO2 emissions from cracking heaters at ethylene plants, as well as other fired heaters.