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GlobalData: Asia to lead global acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene capacity additions by 2024
Global acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene capacity is poised to register a total growth of 19% from 11.36 million tpy in 2019 to 13.49 million tpy in 2024, according to GlobalData.
Chart Industries announces transfer to the New York Stock Exchange
Chart Industries Inc. has announced that it intends to transfer the listing of its common stock to the New York Stock Exchange effective 1 February 2021.
China's refineries achieved record throughput in 2020
Annual throughput stood at 674.41 million t in 2020, or about 13.45 million bpd, up roughly 410 000 bpd from 2019, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.
Total ends membership of API
Total has said that API's climate positions were only "partially aligned" with its own.
Next and best practices: from asset reliability to digital twins
Join experts from Maersk Drilling, BW Offshore, Gruppo Iren and more at 'Next & Best Practices: From Asset Reliability to Digital Twins' on 20 January to gain practical insightson the emerging best practices to digitise asset management and achieve operational excellence.
DuPont scrubbing technology to control emissions of Chilean refinery
ENAP Refinerías S.A. has selected BELCO scrubbing technology for use at the Aconcagua refinery.
EIA expects US fossil fuel production to increase through 2022
The US Energy Information Administration expects production of all fossil fuels – crude oil, coal, dry natural gas, and natural gas plant liquids – to increase in 2022, but forecast fossil fuel production will remain lower than the 2019 peak.
Dastur to design and evaluate techno-economic feasibility of CCUS project at Koyali refinery
Dastur will lead a joint project to evaluate the feasibility for India's largest carbon capture and utilisation project.
Shell Catalysts & Technologies wins Shangneng Refinery contract
The Shangneng Refinery will use MACH Catalyst from Shell Catalysts & Technologies for its 2021 cycle.
McKinsey research indicates aggregate fossil fuel demand set to peak in 2027
Aggregate fossil fuel demand is set to peak in 2027 – with oil peaking in 2029 and gas in 2037 – partially due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to new research by McKinsey & Co.