http://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com Hydrocarbon Processing http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/aster-to-invest-80-mm-to-expand-ethylene-export-capacity-at-complex-in-singapore/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/energy-transfer-withdraws-air-permit-application-for-18-b-petrochemical-complex-in-texas/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/upm-acquires-bio-based-meg-and-mpg-technologies-from-avantium/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/to-make-up-for-shortfall-indias-hpl-turns-to-oman-naphtha/ Medium-range tanker Rarity loaded about 23,000 metric tons (201,000 bbl) of naphtha for HPL late-March and discharged at the Haldia terminal on April 13. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/borouge-to-deliver-first-batch-of-cross-linkable-polyethylene-from-new-100-000-tpy-plant-this-quarter/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/05/taziz-secures-285-b-in-agreements-to-expand-uaes-chemicals-infrastructure/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/indonesia-to-remove-import-duties-on-some-plastic-products-and-lpg-for-petrochemical-industry/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/sir-jim-ratcliffe-will-ineos-project-one-be-europe-s-last-investment-in-the-petrochemicals-industry/ http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/japans-ethylene-plant-run-rate-hits-record-low-of-686-in-march/ Japan has 12 ethylene plants that crack naphtha, a crude oil byproduct, into basic chemicals such as ethylene and propylene, which are used to make intermediates like resins for a wide range of end products. http://web1v10.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2026/04/lotte-chemical-to-merge-into-integrated-corporation-after-spinning-off-daesan-plant/