KBR ties up with L&T for refinery and petchem projects June 24, 2020 // 1 Comment KBR has signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering Ltd (LTHE), a wholly-owned [...]
Indian Oil Corporation to use LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology June 24, 2020 // 4 Comments LyondellBasell, the world’s largest licensor of polyolefin technologies, says that Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) will [...]
Sinopec starts up US$6 bn petchem/refinery project in China June 24, 2020 // 3 Comments China’s state refiner Sinopec Corp has started up a US$6 billion new refinery and petrochemical plant in south China, [...]
Dow/Shell to develop sustainable ethylene cracking technology June 24, 2020 // 2 Comments Chemical firm Dow and oil firm Shell are teaming up in a joint development agreement to accelerate technology to electrify [...]
Aramco completes its acquisition of a 70% stake in Sabic June 23, 2020 // 2 Comments Despite Covid-19, state-owned firm Saudi Aramco has completed its share acquisition of a 70% stake in Saudi Basic Industries [...]
Nouryon completes organic peroxides expansion in Brazil June 23, 2020 // 5 Comments Chemical firm Nouryon has completed a project to more than double capacity for organic peroxides at its plant in Itupeva, [...]
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 [...]