Downstream petrochemical news

Nancy Yamaguchi, Contributing Editor, discusses Australia’s retreat from refining and the consequent impact on regional oil trade.

Tube Tech has launched its next generation Mark 7 fired heater rover system capable of remotely eradicating more than 90% of convection section fouling.

TotalEnergies has converted feedstocks from plastic waste into circular polymers at its polypropylene plant in La Porte, Texas, US.

Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) has announced the successful commissioning of the world's largest white oil hydroprocessing unit for Hongrun Petrochemical (Weifang) Co., Ltd. in Weifang, Shandong Province, China.

The Municipal District of Greenview has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Interprovincial Fuel Solutions Ltd (IFS) for the construction of a petrochemical facility.

Michelin, IFPEN and Axens have inaugurated the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing bio-based butadiene in France, at Michelin’s site in Bassens near Bordeaux.

SABIC has announced the final investment decision (FID) for the SABIC Fujian Petrochemical Complex (Sino-Saudi Gulei Ethylene Complex Project) in China’s Fujian province.

LyondellBasell has entered into an agreement to acquire a 35% interest in Saudi Arabia–based National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) from Alujain Corp.

In its efforts to scale-up chemical recycling, Neste has successfully concluded another series of industrial-scale processing runs with increasing volumes of liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.

NEXTCHEM, through its biodegradable plastics technology licensor, CONSER, has been awarded technology licensing and catalyst supply by a prominent client, as part of a larger project located in Northwestern China.