Clariant launches new propane dehydrogenation catalystApril 22, 2024 // 0 CommentsSwiss chemical firm Clariant has launched Catofin 312, its latest propane dehydrogenation catalyst. The new catalyst [...]
US researchers develop reactor to create propylene from gasMarch 26, 2024 // 0 CommentsResearchers at the University of Michigan in the US have developed a new chemical reactor that creates propylene from [...]
BASF breaks ground on methyl glycols facility in ChinaMarch 25, 2024 // 0 CommentsGerman chemical firm BASF says it has broken ground on a methyl glycols (MG) plant at its site in Zhanjiang, China. The new [...]
Sibur reorganises plastics/rubber business to focus on RussiaMarch 25, 2024 // 0 CommentsIn order to further develop industries that consume polypropylene, polyethylene and synthetic rubbers, Russian petchem firm [...]
Clariant/Lummus awarded contract for isobutane dehydrogenation plant in ChinaMarch 22, 2024 // 0 CommentsSwiss chemical firm Clariant and its process partner Lummus Technology have been selected by Huizhou Boeko Materials to [...]
New Energy to produce bio-sourced ethylene for jet fuel and Dow’s renewable plasticsMarch 19, 2024 // 0 CommentsNew Energy Blue, the clean-energy developer of lowest-carbon biofuel and biochemicals from crop residues, says it has [...]
Shell to invest US$15 bn by 2025 in low carbon energy solutionsMarch 15, 2024 // 0 CommentsOil giant Shell plc has published its first energy transition update since the launch of its Powering Progress strategy in [...]
BP to downsize capacity at German refineryMarch 12, 2024 // 0 CommentsDue to challenging costs and declining demand, oil firm BP has announced plans to permanently close a third of the crude [...]
Tecnimont awarded US$1.1 bn EPC contract for Sonatrach’s LAB plant in AlgeriaMarch 11, 2024 // 0 CommentsItalian tech firm Maire has announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont (Integrated E&C Solutions) has been awarded by [...]
Consortium cancels joint CO2-to-polyolefins plant in Austria; to do solo plantsMarch 6, 2024 // 0 CommentsAustrian companies Holcim, Verbund, OMV, and Borealis have wrapped up the C2PAT demonstration plant project, aiming to [...]