Aromatics
Borouge increases Q1 net profit nearly 40% to $273 MM
Borouge saw its Q1 net profits increase 37% to $273 MM. Total revenue for the quarter topped $1.3 B.
Digital Exclusive: Bio-based aromatics give pathway to drop-in 100% SAF
In this digital exclusive, Iain Gilmore and David Kettner discuss a breakthrough process that provides the missing link to using 100% SAF in current aviation fleets and infrastructure: Bio-based aromatics.
ASTM decision brings 100% SAF certification within reach
Swedish Biofuels AB announced that the ASTM International Committee has accepted the use of C2 to C5 alcohols as feedstock for the alcohol-to-jet pathway as well as a new specification for fully formulated aviation fuel with aromatics.
BioBTX and Agilyx announce collaboration for the production of circular aromatic chemicals
BioBTX B.V. and Agilyx ASA have entered into a strategic collaboration to explore the scale-up of BioBTX technology at a commercial demonstration plant for the production of renewable aromatic chemicals.
Chevron Lummus Global announces ISOFINISHING Award from BPCL
Chevron Lummus Global LLC announced that Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. has selected its ISOFINISHING technology for a catalytic processing unit at the Mumbai Refinery in Mumbai, India.
Lummus-BASF awarded technology contracts for Kazakhstan petrochem plant
Lummus Technology announced Butadiene LLP has selected its iC4 CATOFIN®, CATADIENE®, CDMtbe® technologies and BASF's butadiene extraction technology for units at Butadiene LLP's new petrochemical plant in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
S-Oil holds groundbreaking for $7-B Shaheen crude-to-chemicals complex
S-OIL held a groundbreaking ceremony for the capital-intensive Shaheen crude-to-chemicals complex in Ulsan, South Korea.
Ceramic-based conversion produces clean, low cost chemicals from natural gas.
A team of scientists from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, the University of Oslo (Norway), and the Instituto de Tecnología Química (Spain) has developed a new process to use natural gas as raw material for aromatic chemicals.
Shell starts new aromatics unit at Pernis refinery in the Netherlands
Shell Pernis started a new aromatics unit at the large Pernis refinery in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
China's Zhejiang Rongsheng eyes doubling refinery capacity in 2020
Chinese conglomerate Zhejiang Rongsheng Holding Group plans to double capacity of a joint venture refining project to 800 Mbpd in 2020.
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