ExxonMobil to delay Beaumont refinery expansion by a year June 15, 2020 // 3 Comments US chemical firm ExxonMobil Corp. says it will delay the start-up of its Beaumont refinery expansion by a year due to the [...]
Russia dashes to contain oil spill near Norlisk, potential risk to Arctic Ocean June 12, 2020 // 1 Comment Touted as the worst industrial catastrophe of its kind, tonnes of oil products from a Russian industrial power plant near [...]
BP to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide June 9, 2020 // 1 Comment In line with the slower demand for oil, against the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, UK energy giant BP plans to shutter [...]
Pertamina and CPC Corp sign HOA for petchem complex in Java June 9, 2020 // 2 Comments Indonesia’s state-owned energy producer PT Pertamina and CPC Corp of Taiwan have signed an agreement to follow up on the [...]
Sinopec Hainan to use LyondellBasell’s technology for HDPE plant June 9, 2020 // 0 Comments LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, says that Sinopec Hainan Refining & Chemical [...]
BASF launches additive for higher propylene yield May 29, 2020 // 5 Comments German chemicals firm BASF has launched a new fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) additive, which is optimised to deliver higher [...]
McDermott, Clariant awarded PDH contract in Saudi Arabia May 26, 2020 // 1 Comment Integrated engineering firm McDermott International and Swiss chemical firm Clariant have been selected by Advanced [...]
Borealis scraps US$7 bn PE project in Kazakhstan; part of cost cutting measures May 21, 2020 // 0 Comments Austrian polyolefins producer Borealis has decided not to pursue further the development of a US$6.8 billion integrated [...]
Trelleborg highlights importance of safe crude oil storage May 21, 2020 // 4 Comments Swedish technology firm Trelleborg’s applied technologies operation supports hydrocarbon storage with DryFoam, a proven UL [...]
Advanced opts for LyondellBasell PP technology for Middle East plant May 13, 2020 // 3 Comments LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, says that Advanced Global Investment Company [...]