Downstream petrochemical news

Neste and Ravago have announced plans to collaborate in the development of industrial-scale chemical recycling of plastic waste.

Its third location in Asia-Pacific, Clariant Catalysts has opened a new office in Jakarta.

LyondellBasell has announced that it has completed 20% of the construction of its PO/TBA petrochemical facility on the Gulf Coast.

MOL has acquired the German plastic compounder company, Aurora Group, strengthening its position in recycled plastics.

McDermott’s Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Formosa for an alpha-methylstyrene recovery unit in China.

Thirty senior executives from the oil, gas and petrochemical industry will meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss the issues facing the energy sector.

Honeywell has announced that Dayuewan Petrochemical will use a number of UOP technologies to upgrade heavy fuel oil into higher-value products.

Mammoet has installed a number of items at the Bangkok Synthetics petrochemical production plant in Thailand.

Nigeria’s Minister of State for Petroleum Resources has pledged the government’s support towards the completion of the Dangote refinery.

FUCHS has announced that the company is planning to be CO2-neutral in as little as two months.