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Petrochemicals

Clariant, Technip Energies to introduce new catalyst for low steam-to-oil ratios in styrene production

Clariant announced the launch of StyroMax UL-100, its most advanced ethylbenzene dehydrogenation catalyst to date. This innovative catalyst achieves exceptional performance at unprecedented low steam-to-oil ratios of 0.76 by weight, setting a new industry benchmark in styrene monomer production efficiency.

China petchem plants face shutdown as tariffs on U.S. LPG loom

Chinese petrochemical makers that buy $11 B worth of U.S. liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) annually are poised to cut output or shut for maintenance in coming weeks as Beijing's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports drive up costs.

Yokogawa launches OpreX Plant Stewardship

Yokogawa Electric Corp. has launched its OpreX™ Plant Stewardship, the most comprehensive lifecycle service program in the company’s OpreX Sustainable Maintenance family, to support customers in achieving and sustaining operational excellence.

Saudi Aramco, Sinopec to expand Yasref petrochemicals complex

Saudi Aramco has signed a deal with China's Sinopec to expand a petrochemicals complex operated by their Yasref joint venture on the kingdom's western coast.

Seeq announces launch of Seeq for CONNECT

Seeq, a global leader in industrial analytics, artificial intelligence (AI) and enterprise monitoring, has launched its latest software product, Seeq for CONNECT, featuring seamless integration with AVEVA’s industrial intelligence platform CONNECT.

Indian Oil Corp to build $7.1-B dual-feed cracker in Odisha state

Indian Oil Corp will build a $7.1-B, 1.5-MMtpy dual-feed naphtha cracker near its Paradip refinery in Eastern Odisha state,

India's HPL to start maintenance turnaround at Haldia petrochemical complex in mid-April

HPL has a 700,000-metric ttpy ethylene plant, 491,000 tpy of chemical processing capacity and about 1 MMtpy polymer processing capacity at its manufacturing facility in Haldia in the eastern state of West Bengal.

AIQ and Gulf Energy Information collaborate to further enrich ENERGYai with industry intelligence

Gulf Energy to provide AIQ with exclusive access to its proprietary datasets, and industry-leading documents. ENERGYai is already trained on petabytes of operational data from ADNOC, and this agreement will provide the solution with access to even greater quantities of relevant, high-quality industry information.

IRPC extends abstracts deadline following strong industry interest

Hydrocarbon Processing has announced a two-week extension to the Call for Abstracts for the International Refining and Petrochemical Conference (IRPC) 2025, in response to strong industry interest. The new submission deadline is Monday, April 21, 2025.

Improved recycling of plastic from packaging waste

Every year, some 5.6 MM tonnes (t) of plastic packaging winds up in house-hold waste in Germany after being used just once. So far, less than a third of it can be recycled. Working in partnership with Hochschule Bremen — City University of Applied Sciences, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM aims to transform this waste into high-quality 3D-printed products.