Petrochemicals
Pengerang Energy Complex inks $102-B agreements for feedstock supply and product offtake
Pengerang Energy Complex (PEC) announced that it has signed key agreements with several blue-chip partners for the upcoming PEC, located within the dedicated Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex in Johor, Malaysia.
NOVA Chemicals commercializes mechanically recycled polyethylene
NOVA Chemicals delivered a commercialized FDA-compliant high-density recycled polyethylene (rPE) resin to market. The new grade is its first mechanically recycled food-contact resin and is part of the Company’s recently announced SYNDIGO rPE portfolio.
Lummus-BASF awarded technology contracts for Kazakhstan petrochem plant
Lummus Technology announced Butadiene LLP has selected its iC4 CATOFIN®, CATADIENE®, CDMtbe® technologies and BASF's butadiene extraction technology for units at Butadiene LLP's new petrochemical plant in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
Emerson wins contract to automate $8.5-B Golden Triangle Polymers facility
Emerson will provide automation technologies, software and analytics from its Plantweb™ digital ecosystem for the Golden Triangle Polymers Project, a world-scale integrated polymers facility on the Texas Gulf Coast.
S-Oil holds groundbreaking for $7-B Shaheen crude-to-chemicals complex
S-OIL held a groundbreaking ceremony for the capital-intensive Shaheen crude-to-chemicals complex in Ulsan, South Korea.
SABIC setting its sights on the electrification of ethylene production
SABIC has signed an agreement with Coolbrook to assess Coolbrook’s Roto Dynamic Reactor (RDR) technology in support of decarbonizing ethylene production.
BTC Europe and Sudarshan Chemical Industries sign agreement on distribution of pigments in Europe
BTC Europe, BASF’S European distribution organization, and Sudarshan Chemical Industries have signed an agreement on the distribution of organic and inorganic pigments as well as effect pigments in Europe.
Chevron, Talos to triple the size of Texas carbon capture project
Chevron and Talos Energy said they have tripled the size of a proposed carbon capture and storage hub for the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Vietnam's Long Son petrochemicals complex to start operations by mid-year
Long Son Petrochemicals will start commercial production at its petrochemical complex in southern Vietnam by mid-2023.
Oil price rises on Chinese demand rebound
Oil rose on signs of a strong economic rebound in top crude importer China, but fears over the impact of potential increases to European interest rates kept prices from moving higher.
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