Downstream petrochemical news

Baker Hughes and Dussur have formally inaugurated the previously announced joint venture (JV) chemicals manufacturing facility.

BASF has started the process to divest its shares in the two joint venture (JV) companies BASF Markor Chemical Manufacturing (Xinjiang) Co., Ltd. and Markor Meiou Chemical (Xinjiang) Co., Ltd. in Korla, China.

Air Liquide and Dow have renewed their industrial gas supply agreement in Stade, one of the largest chemical production sites in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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.