Petrochemicals
INEOS talks with UK union as Grangemouth refinery strike looms
The union intends to hold a 48-hour strike at the site from Oct. 20 until Oct. 22. INEOS has begun the process of taking down petrochemical plants at the refinery in anticipation.
Dow Chemical to sell polypropylene catalysts business to Grace
The sale includes Dow’s polypropylene catalysts manufacturing plant at Norco, Louisiana, as well as all customer contracts, licenses, intellectual property and inventory.
Foster Wheeler to study Kuwait aromatics plan
Foster Wheeler was awarded a contract by Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) for a pre-feasibility study and a market report for a proposed aromatics plant in Kuwait.
Dorf Ketal Chemicals to partner with Ashland on product distribution
Dorf Ketal Chemicals, a specialty chemicals company serving the downstream industry, is entering a strategic distribution agreement with Ashland Water Technologies for North America and the Caribbean.
Methanex lifts methanol capacity at plants in Chile, Canada, New Zealand
Methanex restarted an idle distillation unit which will debottleneck methanol production capacity at the Motunui, New Zealand site. This and other initiatives will enable Methanex to increase its total annual operating capacity in New Zealand by up to 900,000 tpy, depending on gas composition.
Oiltanking agrees to store LyondellBasell’s acetyls at Antwerp terminal
The companies signed a 10-year agreement for the storage and handling of Glacial Acetic Acid (GAA) and Vinyl Acetate Monomer (VAM) in Antwerp. As part of the agreement, Oiltanking Stolthaven will invest in new stainless steel storage capacity and rail loading infrastructure at Antwerp.
Chevron Phillips approves new Texas cracker, awards EPC contracts
A joint venture with JGC and Fluor will build the ethane cracker in Baytown, while a partnership of Technip and Zachry Industrial will work to develop the new polyethylene units in Old Ocean.
Air Products to supply hydrogen, other gases to BPCL India refinery
The new industrial gas complex will provide hydrogen, syngas, nitrogen and oxygen for BPCL's Kochi refinery and its proposed petrochemicals complex. The facilities will support India's largest-ever outsourced hydrogen requirement and will result in Air Products' first hydrogen facilities in India.
Consider GTL as an economic alternative for stranded natural gas and ethane
The market price for ethane is well below historical values, and projections indicate that this condition will persist. What are the options to find economical applications for gas and related hydrocarbons?
HP Boxscore Construction Analysis: Etileno XXI—The first step in privatizing Mexican petrochemicals?
Mexico is constructing the first major private-sector petrochemical project in 20 years. Etileno (Ethylene) XXI is a $3.2 billion (B) greenfield petrochemical complex being built in Nanchital near Coa..
- SkyNRG starts construction on its first SAF plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands 2/13
- India's Reliance wins U.S. license for Venezuelan oil 2/13
- Singapore light distillates stocks hit over 3-yr high on robust imports 2/13
- Three contractors injured at ExxonMobil facility in Beaumont, Texas (U.S.) 2/13
- China's epic renewables boom lifts it into rare clean capacity club 2/13
- TotalEnergies booked loss in France due to refining activities, CEO says 2/13
