Downstream petrochemical news

Petrobras has successfully finished a series of industrial-scale tests to produce a light hydrocarbon stream (LHR) rich in ethylene, incorporating renewable content.

Technip Energies has been awarded a significant contract for IOCL’s grassroots naphtha cracking unit at Paradip in India.

MAIRE has announced that NextChem Tech will act as technology design integrator to develop the process design package (PDP) for the hydrogen and carbon dioxide recovery unit of the Hail and Ghasha gas development project.

LyondellBasell (LYB) announced the start-up of an additional production line at the Dalian site of its advanced polymer solutions (APS) business, further expanding its presence in China.

Siemens Smart Infrastructure and BASF have announced the first electrical safety product to include components made from biomass-balanced plastics.

After a successful test phase, SGS, an inspection, and certification company, has launched drone transport in the Port of Antwerp.

Neste has supplied sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Emirates for flights departing from Singapore Changi Airport. With this, Emirates becomes the first international visiting carrier using SAF supplied at the airport from Neste’s Singapore refinery.

Qingyang Tongxin Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd. has selected Lummus' CATOFIN® technology for a new dehydrogenation unit in Qingyang City, Gansu Province, China.

Lummus Technology has taken a lead investor position in RWDC Industries' convertible bond round, further strengthening the partnership between the two companies to bring polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) to the global market.

LyondellBasell (LYB) and Alujain have announced completion of the acquisition of a 35% interest in Saudi Arabia–based National Petrochemical Industrial Co. (NATPET), by LYB from Alujain.