Petrochemicals

Lummus Technology has announced the launch of its Polaris breech-lock closure – a new technological upgrade applicable to its high-pressure heat exchanger equipment.

Shell and Dow have started up an experimental unit to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces at the Energy Transition Campus in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, bringing the companies a step closer to decarbonising petrochemical manufacturing.

Braskem Idesa has signed an investment agreement with Advario for a joint 50% stake in the construction and operation of an ethane import terminal in Mexico – the Puerto Mexico Chemical Terminal.

GTC Vorro Technology, a provider of environmental services and process technologies to oil and gas, refining, petrochemical and chemical companies, has been acquired by US-based MBT Technology.

According to the latest report from ENISA, attacks increased in 2020 and 2021 – not only in terms of vectors and number, but also in terms of their impact.

GE Digital has announced its new Accelerator product line – software tools to help empower companies in asset-intensive energy industries to quickly configure APM and other offerings.

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.