Petrochemicals
Venezuelan natural gas cooperation could lead to increased LNG and petrochemical exports
Venezuela is working with Shell and the National Gas Co. of Trinidad and Tobago to develop an offshore natural gas field that could boost LNG and petrochemical exports.
Petrobras partners with European Energy to explore e-methanol business prospects
Petrobras agreed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Danish company, European Energy, to investigate the business opportunities for developing an e-methanol plant in Brazil, on a non-binding basis.
Exxon Mobil to construct a green petchem refinery in Indonesia with $15 B budget
Exxon Mobil is set to make a significant investment of up to $15 B in Indonesia for a green petrochemical refinery and carbon capture storage facility.
NPC to invest $4.2 B for new petchem projects to enhance self-sufficiency
Iran's National Petrochemical Company to invest $4.2 billion for self-sufficiency, focusing on propylene, methanol, ethylene, aromatics, and butylene production, targeting a capacity increase to 200 MMt in the next decade.
Cummins Inc. selected by the UK Department of Transport for its high-horsepower methanol vessel retrofit project
Cummins Inc. announced the selection of its proposal to jointly develop a Methanol Kit for its QSK60 engine as part of the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure competition, funded by the UK Government and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK.
Kuwait's KIPIC has sufficient stocks despite al-Zour shutdown
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company has sufficient stocks of diesel, naphtha, kerosene and fuel oil to meet obligations to local and foreign customers despite an almost complete shutdown of the al-Zour refinery.
TotalEnergies Lubrifiants integrates recycled plastics into its lubricant bottles via TotalEnergies Polymers
The premium product range of TotalEnergies Lubrifiants in Europe is now packaged in platinum-colored bottles containing 50% post-consumer recycled polyethylene.
OCI Global and Röhm announce pioneering production of methyl methacrylate using bio-ammonia
OCI Global is supplying Röhm with bio-ammonia for the production of methyl methacrylate, an important precursor for PLEXIGLAS - the world’s most popular brand of acrylic glass.
Maire’s Nextchem and Dimeta to unlock the potential of low-carbon DME production
MyRechemical, part of the Sustainable Technology Solutions business unit led by NEXTCHEM, and Dimeta B.V. have agreed to carry out a study to explore the feasibility for the development of plants to produce renewable and recycled carbon DME, a low-carbon sustainable liquid gas from waste, that can be used as a clean-burning fuel, based on MyRechemical’s Waste-to-Chemicals technologies and expertise.
Indonesia moves ahead with CCS talks with U.S. oil majors, eyes petrochemical project
Indonesia's state energy company Pertamina and U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp are moving ahead with their discussions to invest in carbon capture facilities while Exxon eyes a petrochemical project in the country.
- OCI Global completes $1.9-B sale of OCI Methanol to Methanex Corporation 6/30
- Partnership for sustainability: Pekutherm and POLYVANTIS launch circular economy initiative 6/30
- Univation Technologies and C3 AI collaborate to deliver enterprise AI solutions for advanced predictive maintenance across the global petrochemical industry 6/30
- Lloyd’s Register signs strategic collaboration with DAI Infrastruktur for green ammonia Project Ra 6/30
- Alleima expands product portfolio for the urea industry with SAF™ 2906 6/30
- UK's Lindsey oil refinery insolvent, 420 jobs at risk 6/30
