Downstream petrochemical news

Aramco has completed its acquisition of 70% of SABIC from the Public Investment Fund.

TechnipFMC and Clariant have signed a joint development agreement for the production of acrylonitrile.

MFG Chemical has announced that its Pasadena, Texas, plant has received ISO 9001: 2015 certification.

Worley has announced that it has been awarded a FEED contract for Avantium’s renewable FDCA plant.

BASF has announced that it has begun piling for the first plants of its Verbund project in Zhanjiang, China.

Clariant and Shanghai Huaxi have announced a joint project to enhance a hydrogen production unit in China.

BP has licensed its latest generation purified terephthalic acid technol-ogy to Dongying Weilian Chemical in China.

Wood Mackenzie has reported that the global appetite for plastics is the key to China’s polyolefins demand growth in 2020.

Axens has outlined the 13 hydrocracking references it has been awarded over the past 7 years.

Clariant has announced that its propane dehydrogenation catalyst has been selected by the Advanced Petrochemical Company.