Polymers
North American olefin producers riding the shale gas wave
With the prospect of abundant low-cost ethane, several producers have announced intentions to build new ethylene capacity.
High-pressure polyethylene: Reemergence as a specialty chemical or not?
The analysis results indicate that, while investment capital for new plants favors LLDPE, plant profitability—which is a function of product slate (revenue) and cost—is, in many cases, higher for LDPE plants.
HPI Focus: New vs. debottlenecking projects
As most owners do not have adequately skilled engineering teams to study these scenarios, engaging an experienced, qualified engineering contractor to support the conceptual study is often warranted.
HP Boxscore Construction Analysis: Ethylene in evolution: 50 years of changing markets and economics
Ethylene is the key building block for the petrochemical industry. This olefin supports 70% of petrochemical industry production and is used to manufacture a wide variety of products for industrial an..
HP Impact: Driven by China, global methanol demand rises 23% in two years
According to a new IHS Chemical global market study, global methanol demand increased 23% during the two-year period of 2010 to 2012, primarily driven by Chinese demand.Annual demand for the product i..
Use model-based temperature control for fixed-bed reactors
A process unit at BASF’s Geismar, Louisiana manufacturing facility contains a series of six packed-bed reactors filled with a proprietary catalyst. This catalyst promotes an exothermic reaction, ..
ExxonMobil licenses tubular process to Sasol for Louisiana polyethylene project
Used worldwide by ExxonMobil Chemical and its licensees, the company's high-pressure tubular process has been in operation since 1968 and has a long history of improvements and capacity expansion. The company also licenses autoclave technology for producing LDPE.
Air Products licenses process technology to Cryo for unreacted olefins recovery
The licensing enables Cryo to design and offer Air Products' unreacted olefin recovery technology, which has been proven through the development, testing, and successful operation of three full-scale facilities that Air Products designed and supplied to PP and PE producers in the US.
Mexichem to buy PolyOne vinyls, base resin assets
PolyOne CEO Stephen D. Newlin said the assets comprise the company's only remaining business involved in the direct manufacture of base resins. As such, PolyOne said it views the sale of its resin production assets as a natural and next step for its evolving portfolio.
Nippon taps Toyo to build Texas synthetic resin line
The project will add a third production line to Nippon Synthetic's two existing lines to meet rising global demand for plastics for food packaging, and to take advantage of less costly petrochemical feedstocks in the US where supply has been abundant due to booming shale gas and oil production.
- OCI Global completes $1.9-B sale of OCI Methanol to Methanex Corporation 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
- Turkey to set SAF mandates for airlines, suppliers 6/30
- Poland's Orlen will no longer buy Russian oil, CEO says 6/30
