Downstream petrochemical news

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W. R. Grace & Co (Grace) has announced that Oriental Energy Co. Ltd has started up a new plant with Grace’s UNIPOL® PP process technology.

Lummus Technology has announced that Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. (HPL) will license its olefins conversion technology (OCT) and the Lummus/Versalis cumene and phenol technologies for a new plant in West Bengal, India.

Yokogawa Solution Service Corp. has announced the conclusion of an agreement with Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd. on the joint development of a small-scale distributed chemical recycling system that uses microwave heating.

Axens and ZPJE have established Nectis, a joint venture (JV) dedicated to the promotion and sale of spiral tubes heat exchangers.

Lummus Technology has announced the commercial availability of its Saplene™ super absorbent polymer (SAP) technology.

Axens, IFPEN and JEPLAN have announced the start-up operation of Rewind® PET semi-industrial unit in Japan for the chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

Cyclyx International, a joint venture (JV) between Agilyx and ExxonMobil, has announced that LyondellBasell has acquired 25% equity ownership of the JV.

Lummus Technology has reached an agreement with Air Liquide Engineering & Construction to acquire rights to license and market ester grade acrylic acid technology, and light and heavy acrylates process technology.

KBC (A Yokogawa Company) has announced the launch of KBC Acuity™ Industrial Cloud Suite, which will serve as the new umbrella for cloud delivery of KBC’s software and solutions.