OQ completes infrastructure for Röhm’s MMA plant in USApril 22, 2024 // 0 CommentsIn a significant development, OQ Chemicals has achieved mechanical completion in its ‘Propel’ project, short for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lummus to supply heaters for Satorp’s ethylene project in Saudi ArabiaFebruary 27, 2024 // 0 CommentsLummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies, has announced a contract award from Hyundai Engineering & [...]
Shell withdraws from Iraqi petchem complex projectFebruary 15, 2024 // 0 CommentsOil giant Shell has said it has withdrawn from talks on building a petrochemicals plant in the southern oil hub of Basra, [...]
Shell invests to repurpose German hydrocracker to base oil productionJanuary 29, 2024 // 0 CommentsShell Deutschland GmbH has taken a final investment decision (FID) to convert the hydrocracker of the Wesseling site at the [...]
Formosa plant permit reinstated; IEEFA says project still financially unviableJanuary 25, 2024 // 0 CommentsTaiwanese chemical firm Formosa’s proposed petrochemical complex in St. James Parish, located in the heart of an area [...]