Petrochemicals

Dow has announced plans to build an integrated MDI distillation and prepolymers facility at its world-scale manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas, US.

Jizzakh Petroleum JV LLC has signed an MOU for the financing of the new greenfield gas chemical complex based on Methanol-to-Olefins (MTO) technology to be built in the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan.

PKN ORLEN recently announced that it is investing in the expansion of the olefins complex at the Plock Production Plant in Poland.

AMETEK’s Controls Southeast Inc. and Comprimo have teamed up to introduce an alternative sulfur degassing technology.

Technip Energies collaborates with Agilyx to accelerate and scale-up the implementation of its polystyrene recycling technology.

Chevron Phillips Chemical has broken ground on a new world-scale unit for on-purpose 1-hexene in Old Ocean, Texas, US, near its Sweeny facility.

Lummus Technology has announced that its Green Circle business and Synthos have started collaborating to commercialise Synthos' biobutadiene technology.

In the build-up to the 2021 hurricane season, the AFPM has addressed a number of frequently asked questions.

Advanced process control (APC) systems are increasingly used in facilities such as oil refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical plants, and LNG trains.

Lummus Technology will provide a butadiene extraction unit for KPIC's Onsan Chemical Plant in Ulsan, Republic of Korea.

The EIA expects US ethane production to grow, along with expanding domestic consumption and exports.

Lummus Novolen Technology has been selected as the polypropylene licensor by Anchorage Investments for its Anchor Benitoite project in Suez, Egypt.

Neste, Mitsui Chemicals Inc. and Toyota Tsusho Corp. have announced that they are joining forces to enable Japan’s first industrial-scale production of renewable plastics and chemicals from 100% bio-based hydrocarbons.

Engro Corp. will select Honeywell technology for its integrated propane dehydrogenation complex in Pakistan.

North Huajin Refining and Petrochemical Co. Ltd has contracted Dupont Clean Technologies for its IsoTherming hydroprocessing technology.