Process Optimization

Mitsui Chemicals studying use of ethanol to make petrochemicals

Mitsui Chemicals is studying the use of ethanol as a feedstock in its naphtha crackers to improve competitiveness amid oversupply in the global petrochemical sector

Lotte Chemical to start operating Indonesia cracker in H2 2025

The new cracker which has the capacity to produce 1 MMtpy of ethylene is part of a $3.95 billion project at Cilegon, in Indonesia's Banten province.

hte, Mitsubishi Chemical partner to screen MMA oxidation catalysts

hte signed a contract with Mitsubishi Chemical to provide research services for the screening of MMA oxidation catalysts. The research project included an accelerated aging study, with the aim to qualify a catalyst with extended lifetime properties for the commercial operations.

U.S. EPA to rule on backlog of small refinery biofuel exemption requests

There are 161 applications for exemptions from the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard pending. The EPA's decision will have significant implications for the multi-billion-dollar credit market that underpins the biofuel program.

Topsoe’s technology chosen by Zhongneng Yida for 400,000-tpy SAF plant in China

Carbon Clean announces successful test of CycloneCC C1 technology at commercial scale

Carbon Clean has announced today the successful factory testing of the world’s largest Rotating Packed Bed (RPB) of this size for carbon capture.

INEOS, Royal Wagenborg launch the first European-built offshore CO2 carrier for carbon capture and storage

The launch and naming of Carbon Destroyer 1 marks a defining moment in the development of Project Greensand and the EU’s first commercial -scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain.

Emerson's Aspen Technology business releases new software with expanded AI capabilities, enhanced visualization and simplified workflows

Emerson announced a new release of the flagship software of its Aspen Technology business. The release introduces a significant expansion of industrial AI capabilities, enhances user experience, provides new capabilities to accelerate progress toward sustainability goals and improves operational performance. 

BASF is expanding its portfolio of raw materials for the production of concrete superplasticizers for the construction industry in the European market

With Pluriol® A 2400 I, BASF Industrial Formulators adds a new product to its reactive polyethylene glycol portfolio for polycarboxylate ethers (PCE) in the construction industry in Europe.

Ionikylation unit at PetroChina's Dagang refinery reaches 1,000 days of continuous operation

PetroChina Dagang Petrochemical Company has reached the milestone of 1,000 continuous days of operation for its 150,000-tpy Ionikylation unit.