Petrochemicals
Taiwan's FPCC to restart Mailiao port operations on July 26
Taiwan oil major Formosa Petrochemical Corp. aims to restart operations at its port at the Mailiao refinery on July 26, after shutting down ahead of Typhoon Gaemi's arrival.
Borouge initiates feasibility study for 1.6-MMtpy polyolefins complex in China
Borouge announced plans to develop a 1.6-MMtpy specialty polyolefins complex in China, supporting the company's ambitions to reinforce its market position in Asia.
Lummus and Element Six announce global partnership for PFAS destruction
Lummus Technology and Element Six announced an exclusive global partnership that will leverage a unique solution to address the worldwide challenge of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) destruction.
Clariant's MegaZonE catalyst delivers strong results in Chinese methanol plant
Clariant announced that its MegaZonE technology is delivering excellent performance in the 600,000-tpy methanol plant of CNOOC’s China Blue Chemical Ltd.
Stamicarbon awarded energy efficiency contract for urea plant in China
NEXTCHEM’s subsidiary Stamicarbon will upgrade an existing 3,100-tpd urea plant to reduce energy consumption by up to 20%, thanks to its proprietary Advanced MP Flash Design technology.
BASF achieves ISCC+ certification across all its global major production sites for acrylics, alcohols, glycol ethers and acetates
BASF achieves ISCC+ certification across all its global major production sites for acrylics, alcohols, glycol ethers and acetates. With this step, BASF is now able to produce more than 60 products related to this portfolio with one or more sustainability attributes.
Petrobras and Braskem complete tests for renewable content chemical product
Petrobras has successfully finished a series of industrial-scale tests to produce a light hydrocarbon stream (LHR) rich in ethylene, incorporating renewable content. Over the past year, this project, in collaboration with Braskem, has developed a viable renewable raw material for the chemical industry.
Methanex and Entropy partner to reduce emissions in methanol production
Methanex Corporation and Entropy Inc. have entered into an agreement to invest in a preliminary front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) study for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration deployment at Methanex’s Medicine Hat, Alberta facility.
Abraxas Power awards McDermott ECI contract for Canada's first green ammonia plant
McDermott has been awarded an early contractor involvement (ECI) agreement from Abraxas Power Corporation for the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) project located in Central Newfoundland.
ClearSign Technologies to install 26 burners at U.S. Gulf Coast chemical facility
ClearSign Technologies will retrofit four process heaters with a total of 26 ClearSign Core™ burners to be installed in a U.S. Gulf Coast chemical facility.
- BGN announces strategic MoU with XCF Global to produce and supply SAF 11/17
- KazMunayGas and Uzbekneftegaz partner to build 50,000-tpy linear alkylbenzene plant 11/17
- Chevron joins race to explore potential purchase of Lukoil assets, including refineries 11/17
- Abra Group and Sumitomo sign MoU to advance affordable SAF in Brazil 11/17
- Sonatrach signs contract for unit with Sinopec subsidiary to boost gasoline production capacity 11/17
- Verso Energy awards FEED contract to Rely for the DEZiR eSAF project 11/17
