Petrochemicals
MAN Energy Solutions to offer ammonia-fueled ship engines after 2027
MAN Energy Solutions plans to deliver later this year its first-ever engine fueled by ammonia for installation on a new vessel in Japan and will be ready to offer ammonia-powered engines to its clients after 2027.
IHI and ACME signed pact to supply green ammonia from India to Japan
ACME Group, a leading renewable energy company in India, and IHI Corporation, a Japanese integrated heavy industry group, signed an offtake term sheet for supply of green ammonia from Odisha, India to Japan.
Linde Engineering to deliver world-scale coastal CO2 Liquefaction Plant to Yara
Linde Engineering has signed a contract with global fertilizer manufacturer Yara to build a world-scale CO2 liquefaction plant in Sluiskil, the Netherlands.
Idemitsu joins JV for clean ammonia production project in Lake Charles, Louisiana (U.S.)
Idemitsu Kosan has agreed with Mitsubishi Corporation and Proman to participate in the development of the proposed clean ammonia production project in Lake Charles, Louisiana, (U.S.).
OQEMA and BASF collaborate on amines in the UK and Ireland
BASF has strengthened its partnership with OQEMA, one of Europe’s leading chemical distributors, with regard to BASF’s standard amines portfolio excluding ethanolamines in the UK and Ireland, effective January 1, 2024.
NETL discovers breakthrough scaling approach for circulating fluidized bed technology
NETL researchers have developed a new scaling methodology for measuring and understanding the performance of key elements used in circulating fluidized bed technologies (CFB) that can speed the development of CFBs for more widespread use.
MMA production via ACH Process and acrylonitrile-related production discontinued at Hiroshima, Japan plant, withdrawal from certain businesses to follow
The Mitsubishi Chemical Group hereby announces that it has decided to discontinue MMA monomer production by the ACH process as well as the production of acrylonitrile and acrylonitrile derivatives at the Mitsubishi Chemical Hiroshima Plant.
NextChem secures contract for new urea plant in Egypt
MAIRE announces that NextChem, through its nitrogen technology licensor Stamicarbon, has been awarded a licensing and equipment supply contract for a state-of-the-art urea melt and granulation plant in Egypt for El-Nasr Company for Intermediate Chemicals.
Qatar Energy lays foundation stone for Ras Laffan petrochemical complex
The complex will house an ethane cracker with a capacity of 2.1 MMtpy of ethylene, making it the largest in the Middle East and one of the largest in the world, and raising Qatar’s ethylene production capacity by more than 40%.
Lummus Technology to provide proprietary heaters to Amiral petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia
Lummus Technology announced a contract award from Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. Ltd. to provide eight proprietary Short Residence Time (SRT®) ethylene cracking heaters at SATORP's Amiral petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia.
- Tasnee's Saudi Ethylene and Polyethylene Co. commences planned maintenance of ethylene plant 1/2
- Advanced Biofuels Canada Association welcomes federal biofuels production incentive coming into force 1/2
- Technip Energies completes acquisition of Ecovyst’s Advanced Materials & Catalysts business 1/2
- Peru opens state-owned Petroperu to private investment after reorganization 1/2
- Brazil's Petrobras cuts jet fuel prices by 9.4% 1/2
- Norway's new car sales were 96% electric in 2025 1/2
