Petrochemicals

After declining in 2020, the combined production of US fossil fuels (including natural gas, crude oil and coal) increased by 2% in 2021 to 77.14 quadrillion Btu.

BASF has built a new hexamethylene diamine plant in Chalampé, France, and is planning to increase its polyamide 6.6 production in Freiburg, Germany.

Cyclyx, a consortium-based plastic feedstock management company, has announced that Dow has joined the Cyclyx consortium.

The new facility is located in Texas, US, and will produce materials used in packaging, agricultural film, construction materials, clothing, and automotive coolants.

TOYO and SCG Chemicals have entered into an MoU to jointly improve the process for turning mixed plastics into recycled feedstock for petrochemical businesses.

The three companies have signed an MoU for the exploration of potential petrochemical growth or expansion projects in Central and Eastern Europe.

Tecam has been awarded a new project for volatile organic compounds (VOC) vapour recovery at a petrochemical tank storage plant in Chile.

Sulzer is delivering customised production technology for NatureWorks’ new biopolymer manufacturing facility, located in Nakhon Sawan Biocomplex, Thailand.

Maire Tecnimont’s subsidiary, Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded the contract by Covestro.

LUKOIL-Permnefteorgsintez will use a range of Honeywell UOP process technologies at its refinery to convert low value vacuum gasoil into high value products such as gasoline and propylene.

Technip Energies and SIBUR announce agreement to license lower carbon HEXSIB technology.

Neste has successfully concluded its first series of trial runs processing liquefied waste plastic at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.

Clariant has announced that its StyroMax UL3 catalyst is demonstrating successful results at Risun’s new styrene monomer plant located in Tangshan, China.

Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies sign an agreement for an advanced recycling project in Spain.

Motion Industries Inc. has completed the purchase of Kaman Distribution Group for a purchase price of approximately US$1.3 billion in cash.