Clariant’s new PDH tech with improved productivityJune 18, 2019 // 3 CommentsSpeciality chemicals firm Clariant has launched its latest propane dehydrogenation catalyst, Catofin 311. With over 60 [...]
ExxonMobil, Sabic receive approval for US$10 bn petchem project in USJune 14, 2019 // 2 CommentsUS chemical firm ExxonMobil and Riyadh-headquartered Sabic have received final environmental regulatory approval to proceed [...]
McDermott awarded paraxylene (pX) contract in ChinaJune 14, 2019 // 2 CommentsUS-based McDermott International has been awarded a sizeable technology contract by Ningbo Union King Polyester Material [...]
ExxonMobil proceeds with Argentina expansion project in Vaca Muerta BasinJune 12, 2019 // 4 CommentsUS firm ExxonMobil is proceeding with a long-term oil development in Argentina’s Bajo del Choique-La Invernada block. The [...]
Shell completes storage expansion at Singapore refineryJune 10, 2019 // 1 CommentAnglo-Dutch oil/petchem firm Shell has increased storage capacity at its Bukom refinery in Singapore by building two large [...]
Ineos to invest US$2 bn in three new plants in Saudi ArabiaJune 5, 2019 // 2 CommentsUK chemical firm Inoes has signed an agreement with Saudi Aramco and France’s Total to build three new plants in the [...]
India’s Gail to build US$1.2 bn PP complex in UsarMay 27, 2019 // 1 CommentGail India has approved the revival of an existing LPG plant in Usar, Maharashtra, and converting it into a polypropylene [...]
Double the profits from crude oil-to-chemicals technologyMay 19, 2019 // 1 CommentA revolutionary new chemical process technology, called crude oil-to-chemicals (COTC), could more than double the [...]
Lotte Chemical opens MEG/ethylene plants in the USMay 13, 2019 // 4 CommentsLotte Chemical Titan Holding (LCT) has expanded in the US with its US$3.1 billion ethane cracker and mono ethylene glycol [...]
Saudi Arabia’s TAQA to invest in North American oil fieldsMay 10, 2019 // 1 CommentSaudi Arabia’s Industrialization and Energy Services Company (TAQA) plans to acquire two companies in the North American [...]