Petrochemicals
Iran announces 15 petrochemical projects to expand domestic production to nearly 80 MMtpy
Morteza Shahmirzaei, head of the National Petrochemical Co. (NPC), in Iran, announced plans to launch 15 petrochemical projects that will increase the country's domestic production to nearly 80 MMtpy.
NOVA Chemicals launches Canadian Center of Excellence for Plastics Circularity
NOVA Chemicals Corporation announced the launch of its Center of Excellence for Plastics Circularity, a hub for knowledge exchange and technology development for the circular economy of plastics.
Nextchem, Johnson Matthey partner in waste-to-methanol technology
NEXTCHEM’s MyRechemical will provide its proprietary Circular Methanol™ to its partner in Waste-to-Methanol technology -Johnson Matthey for the joint commercialization of the Circular Methanol™ technology package.
New $1.5-B natural gas pipeline to provide feedstock to Dow's petrochemicals plant and other industrial facilities
Canadian utilities CU.TO said is developing a $1.5-B natural gas pipeline project in Alberta to transport natural gas to Dow's petrochemicals plant and other industrial facilities.
BASF invests in capacity expansion of Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors in Spain
BASF plans to expand the global production capacity of its Basoflux® range of paraffin inhibitors at its site in Tarragona, Spain.
ADNOC terminates talks to buy stake in Brazil's Braskem
Brazilian petrochemical producer Braskem said that Abu Dhabi oil company ADNOC has decided to terminate talks to buy a stake held by conglomerate Novonor in the firm.
Liquid Wind's second eFuel facility granted environmental permit
FlagshipTWO, Sweden's second large-scale production facility of green electrofuel (eMethanol), has received the environmental permit for its planned operations in Sundsvall, Sweden.
BASF and IPP jointly market the sale/relocation of three plants from Verbund site in Germany
BASF and International Process Plants will jointly market the sale and relocation of three plants-ammonia, methanol and melamine-from BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Clariant introduces new solutions to reduce the environmental impact of plastics
Clariant is launching AddWorks PPA, a perfluoralkyl substances-free polymer processing aid product line, and AddWorks PKG 158, a highly efficient antioxidant solution with outstanding color protection, especially designed for polyolefins containing recycled material
Haldia Petrochemicals awards ethylene plant digitalization contract to Lummus
Lummus Technology has been awarded a contract by Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. for digitalization services at HPL's ethylene plant in West Bengal, India.
- 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
