Petrochemicals
HP Construction: North America
Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., LP, is advancing a feasibility study to construct a world-scale ethane cracker and ethylene derivatives at one of its existing facilities in the US Gulf Coast region. Th..
HP Construction: South America
Braskem-Idesa, the joint venture between Braskem and Idesa, has taken another important step in developing its Ethylene XXI project in Mexico. The JV has chosen Technip as the technology provider for ..
HP Construction: Europe
Uhde has begun construction of what is said to be its first-ever skid-mounted chlor-alkali electrolysis plant in Leuna, Germany. Leuna-Harze GmbH, one of Europe’s leading producers of epoxy resin..
HP Construction: Middle East
Neste Oil and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) have a partnership concerning very high-viscosity index (VHVI) base oils. Along with the cooperation, 600,000 metric tpy of NEXBASE base oil is expecte..
HP Construction: Asia-Pacific
Fluor Offshore Solutions, a unit of Fluor Corp., has been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract by Woodside for the Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) development. The Browse fiel..
Albemarle touts new technology to extract lithium from brine, cites growing global market
US specialty chemicals producer Albemarle said on Friday that it has developed a proprietary technology for lithium extraction from brine.
Methanex starts up production in Egypt, Canada
Global methanol producer Methanex said on Thursday that it had started production at its facility in Egypt as well as its Medicine Hat plant in Alberta, Canada, citing strong demand for the chemical.
SABIC, Asahi and Mitsubishi ink JV for Middle East acrylonitrile, sodium cyanide projects
Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC), Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp. signed a strategic joint venture (JV) agreement to build a manufacturing plant for acrylonitrile and sodium cyanide, with subsequent sales and distribution to be carried by the partners.
BP, Dow Chemical plants in Texas City lose power as regional outages continue
The BP chemical plant in Texas City, Texas, lost power on Wednesday morning, marking the latest in a string of outages for the area’s numerous plants and refineries - including nearby producer Dow Chemical.
Cyanco to build new sodium cyanide plant at Ascend site in Texas
Cyanco plans to construct a new 55,000 metric ton/year sodium cyanide plant at the Ascend Performance Materials site in Alvin, Texas.
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