Downstream petrochemical news

Borealis has announced that its new naphtha cavern in Porvoo, Finland, has now been safely commissioned.

NOVA Chemicals has said the sale of its expandable styrenics business to Alpek will allow it to focus on its olefin and polyethylene business.

SABIC has said the two companies are now considering the integration of Saudi Aramco’s existing refineries in Yanbu with a mixed feed steam cracker and downstream olefin derivative units.

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ARLANXEO's olefins business produces butadiene and raffinate, and is located at the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia in Ontario, Canada.

Alfa Laval has won two orders to supply compact heat exchangers to a petrochemical plant in China and a refinery in Mexico.

Lummus Technology's Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil Burgas for a petrochemical facility in Bulgaria.

Shell's petrochemical complex near Pittsburgh remains on track to enter service in the early 2020s, according to the company.

The European Petrochemical Association has announced the appointment of Hartwig Michels, President Petrochemicals at BASF SE, as its new President, effective 8 October.

The region’s ethylene capacity is expected to increase from 70.91 million tpy in 2019 to 120.45 million tpy in 2024, according to GlobalData.