Petrochemicals
Iran eyes $55 billion in petrochemical investment
"Iran needs $55 billion for 60 projects in the petrochemicals sector over a period of 10 years," Deputy Oil Minister Marzieh Shahdaei said at a conference this week.
Saudi’s SABIC starts trial operations at new rubber plant with ExxonMobil
Trial operations have started at the carbon black and utilities unit of the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Co. (KEMYA) rubber plant, officials with the joint venture said in a statement.
Russia’s Sibur, Sinopec eye gas-chemical project
In December, Sinopec paid $1.338 billion for a 10% stake in Russia-based Sibur and said it planned to acquire an additional 10% within three years.
Petrochemical value chain analysis reveals downstream opportunities for Qatar
The existing petrochemical value chains in Qatar are analyzed in this article to identify the potential downstream industry opportunities.
Small-scale coal-to-chemicals can revitalize India’s petrochemicals industry, economy—Part 1
Contemporary routes to the production of polymers usually involve setting up world-scale ethylene crackers with typical capacities of 0.7 MMtpy–1.5 MMtpy.
Strategic assessment of the Iranian petrochemical industry
The recent agreement between Iran and the international community represents clear opportunities and challenges for petrochemical producers.
Codes and Standards: How much fireproofing do we need?
This article is the first under the Codes and Standards series. The purpose of this series is to make readers aware of code requirements, the interpretations and the limitations as they stand today, and what engineers can do as an alternative engineering. This series is based on the actual implementation of what is narrated and the satisfactory experiences drawn.
Business Trends: Global petrochemical overview—Part 1
This series examines the global petrochemical landscape, new project developments and regional outlooks.
Global Project Data
This month’s installment of Global Project Data focuses on the global petrochemical sector.
People
Marathon Petroleum Corp. has named Gary Heminger, the company's president and CEO, to succeed Thomas Usher as chairman of the board, in addition to his current duties.
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