Petrochemicals

The Tarim ethane to ethylene project operated by PetroChina achieved a successful start-up using Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ C2 FE selective hydrogenation catalyst.

Worley has announced plans to ramp up construction of the offsites and utilities that are part of the ExxonMobil Baytown chemical expansion project.

SABIC and HHI have announced a new collaboration to produce certified circular polymers from the advanced recycling of recovered ocean-bound plastic.

Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd has announced that it will build a new pyrolysis oil upgrader unit that improves the quality of pyrolysis oil and turns it into chemical feedstock for its plant.

EXERGY has inked a new deal to engineer and supply two ORC units for a petrochemical production facility located in Jiangyin, China.

Lummus Technology has signed a letter of intent with Phigenesis for the delivery of ISCC+ certified renewable chemical feedstock to be used in existing petrochemical plants.

Technip Energies has partnered with Svante to develop industrial-scale carbon capture projects in Europe and the Middle East.

KPIC has awarded Lummus a C4 acetylenes selective hydrogenation unit contract as part of the Onsan Chemical Plant expansion in South Korea.

Bilfinger and Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam are continuing their long-standing successful partnership through the joint venture, SIP’s United.

ADNOC and Borealis have signed a US$6.2 billion investment agreement to build the fourth Borouge facility – Borouge 4 – at the polyolefin manufacturing complex in the UAE.

KBR and Johnson Matthey will provide their ammonia-methanol co-production technology to Northern Petrochemical Corp.'s new facility in Alberta, Canada.

Plastic Energy and Axens have announced the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement in the field of advanced recycling of plastics, to increase recycling and decrease plastic waste.

India is expected to register the highest styrene-butadiene-rubber capacity additions globally between 2021 and 2025, contributing approximately 95% of the total capacity additions by 2025, reports GlobalData.

Shell Catalysts & Technologies has supported India Glycols Ltd by providing new generation catalysts needed to produce ethylene oxide.

Braskem has successfully completed one year of commercial production at its newest polypropylene production line in La Porte, Texas, US.