Petrochemicals
BPCL plans $11-B refinery and petrochemical project in South India
India's Bharat Petroleum Corp. plans to invest $11 B in southern Andhra Pradesh state for a new refinery and petrochemical project to meet rising fuel demand in the world's fastest-growing major economy.
Relevant Industrial announces acquisition of Loy Instrument Inc.
Relevant Industrial LLC (Relevant), a leading provider of industrial equipment and engineered solutions, has acquired Loy Instrument Inc., a trusted leader in process control and combustion solutions.
John Cockerill, Johnson Matthey and ETFuels partner for 120,000-tpy Texas (U.S.) e-methanol project
The three entities will partner to build a 120,000-tpy e-methanol plant, using a 210-MW electrolyzer and Johnson Matthey's eMERALD e-methanol technology
Digital Exclusive (sponsored): NXRe™: A novel recycling technology to support the plastics industry in creating efficient and effective circular value chains
This article details MyRemono's NXReTM technology, a novel, patented and highly efficient continuous depolymerization technology, offering a valuable solution to enhance plastics recycling, reduce the consumption of fossil-based materials and address some of the main issues affecting mechanical recycling processes.
Sinopec's Zhenhai oil refinery expands capacity to 40 MMtpy
Sinopec's Zhenhai refinery has completed its expansion of oil refining capacity to 40 metric MMtpy, or about 800,000 bpd.
Dow Chemical, Innventure to collaborate on waste-to-value platform
The collaboration aims to enable globally scalable, cost-effective conversion of mixed wastes to petrochemical feedstocks.
Technip Energies, LanzaTech awarded U.S. DOE funding for breakthrough CO2-to-ethylene technology
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations has committed up to $200 MM in federal funding for Technip Energies and LanzaTech's Project SECURE.
KazAzot to use KBR tech for Kazakhstan's first world-scale fertilizer complex
KBR will provide a technology license, proprietary engineering design, equipment and catalyst solutions for KazAzot's 2,000-tpd ammonia plant to be built in Aktau.
BASF and research partners collaborate to optimize mechanical recycling of plastics
BASF has teamed up with Endress+Hauser, TechnoCompound and the Universities of Bayreuth and Jena to study how the mechanical recycling of plastics can be improved. With funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the SpecReK project aims to reliably and precisely identify the composition of plastic waste during the recycling process and thus improve the quality of recycled plastics.
thyssenkrupp nucera partners with Chlorum Solutions USA for chlor-alkali plant in the U.S.
Chlorum Solutions USA has chosen thyssenkrupp nucera as its partner to develop its first U.S. chlor-alkali plant in Casa Grande, Arizona (U.S.). thyssenkrupp nucera will oversee the engineering and procurement of the plant’s chlor-alkaline electrolyzer using skid-mounted technology.
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- bp's Whiting Refinery offers revised proposal to union in ongoing talks 5/22
- Plains oil pipeline partly shut down after rupture in East Los Angeles (U.S.), could disrupt supplies to refineries 5/22
- Vitol moves to open Mexico fuel terminal years after bribery scandal 5/22
