Petrochemicals

Clariant Catalysts has opened a new research and development (R&D) centre at its new One Clariant Campus (OCC) in Shanghai.

HyNet North West has received £72 million in funding from the UK government to help transition the country to ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

New Hope Energy’s Trinity Oaks Tyler plant has received the internationally recognised ISCC Plus™ mass balance certification for its pyrolysis oil and other co-products. 

The IEA reports that oil markets face uncertain future after rebound from historic COVID-19 shock.

Synova and Technip Energies have announced a strategic partnership in advanced plastic recycling technology.

Marie Technimont Group’s NextChem and Agilyx have signed an agreement for the global deployment of chemical recycling projects based on pyrolysis.

COVID-19 and sustainability are among the top themes set to impact oil and gas industry in 2021, according to GlobalData.

SUEZ has signed a contract for a large wastewater treatment project and has been awarded an associated 10-year service agreement with Irkutsk polymer plant of Irkutsk Oil Co.

Russian petrochemical company SIBUR has increased its European exports of Polyethylene (PE) produced at the newly launched ZapSib complex. 

US exports of propane reached record levels in 2020, according to the EIA’s ‘Petroleum Supply Monthly’.

Dow has signed an agreement with the Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee (Zhanjiang EDZ) to build the ‘Dow South China Specialties Hub’.

Nikita Blinov, Maxim Zhuravlev and Alexey Kharchenko, SIBUR, evaluate the distinctive features of Value Engineering for petrochemistry.

The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers recently released its first sustainability report.

bp and SABIC have signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen chemical complex in Germany.

Hengyi Industries will use advanced reforming and aromatics technologies from Honeywell UOP at its integrated petrochemical complex in Pulau Muara Besar, Brunei.