Downstream petrochemical news

INEOS has announced a €300 million investment supported by French government grants that will deliver the next phase of its Lavera regeneration plan and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 331 000 tpy.

ExxonMobil’s third advanced recycling unit at it's complex in Baytown, Texas, US, is now operational.

BASF’s Intermediates division is set to strengthen supply security for its European customers in the 1,4-butanediol (BDO) value chain through increased production at its BDO plant in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Borouge, Borealis, Catalytic Finance Foundation, Pelita Mekar Semesta (PMS), and Reciki Solusi Indonesia, are set to establish Indonesia’s first fully integrated circular waste management ecosystem.

Valmet has received orders from Dow to supply turnkey process analytical solutions for its Path2Zero project at its Fort Saskatchewan site in Alberta, Canada.

OQ and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) have signed a Project Development Agreement of a jointly owned petrochemical complex in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), Oman.

Lummus Technology and Sumitomo Chemical have announced the commercial availability of their polymethyl methacrylate chemical recycling (PMMA-CR) technology.

Abundia Group has announced that it has appointed Burns & McDonnell as its lead engineer to deliver the FEED package for its first waste-plastics-to-renewable products recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, US.

ADNOC and TAQA have announced the signing of a 27-year Utilities Purchase Agreement to supply critical utilities to the TA’ZIZ Industrial Chemicals Zone in Ruwais Industrial City, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Lummus Technology has announced a strategic investment in InnoVent Renewables to accelerate deployment of its proprietary tyre recycling technology.