Downstream news

INEOS Olefins Belgium has raised €3.5 billion to support the construction and operation of the most environmentally sustainable cracker in Europe.

Borealis will implement UniSim Live as early adopters to improve process modelling and plant reliability.

WSG has extended its reach into the European gas and petrochemicals sector with the acquisition of Nitrovia for an undisclosed sum.

LOTTE INEOS Chemical has announced plans to build a third vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) production plant in South Korea.

AFPM President and CEO Chet Thompson recently submitted comments to leaders of the US House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee after the Committee’s inaugural hearing on the state of US transportation infrastructure and supply chains failed to include customer perspectives.

Nikkiso Clean Energy & Industrial Gases Group has completed the acquisition of Cryotec Anlagenbau GmbH for an undisclosed amount.

Vertex Energy has announced the sale of its Heartland used motor oil collections and refining business to a wholly owned subsidiary of GFL Environmental Inc.

William I.Y. Byun, ChemOne Group, Singapore, presents a new perspective on the petrochemical industry, as it tackles decarbonisation.

Gordon Cope, Contributing Editor, reflects on happenings in Central and South America’s downstream oil and gas sector in 2022, and forecasts what lies ahead for the region.

Uniper has commissioned Sunfire to build a 30 MW pressurised alkaline electrolysis plant for the Swedish ‘Project Air’.