Evonik expands capacity for specialty alcohol ITDA September 12, 2019 // 5 Comments German speciality chemicals company Evonik has expanded its production capacity for the high-purity C13 alcohol [...]
Equate inaugurates MEGlobal’s Texas site for ethylene glycol September 11, 2019 // 2 Comments Kuwaiti petrochemicals producer Equate Group, which is also the second largest producer of ethylene glycol (EG), has [...]
PKN Orlen to use UOP process for ethylene/aromatics output September 11, 2019 // 4 Comments Honeywell says that Poland’s PKN Orlen has licensed the UOP MaxEne process, which can increase production of ethylene [...]
Borealis breaks ground on new facility for propylene in Belgium September 11, 2019 // 1 Comment Austrian chemical firm Borealis recently held the groundbreaking ceremony for its new, world-scale propane dehydrogenation [...]
Chinese jv project in Brunei starts up petchem complex September 10, 2019 // 1 Comment Hengyi Industries Sdn Bhd, a joint petrochemical venture between China and Brunei in Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei, [...]
Saudi Aramco expands downstream investment in China September 6, 2019 // 2 Comments State-owned oil/gas firm Saudi Aramco has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s Zhejiang Free Trade [...]
LyondellBasell/Bora jv for petchem complex in China September 6, 2019 // 3 Comments Chemical firm LyondellBasell has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to expand in China through a joint venture with [...]
Satellite to construct US$4 bn petchem plant in East China September 4, 2019 // 2 Comments Chinese chemical producer Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co has obtained the go ahead to start construction work on a [...]
Plant Expansions: Formosa to invest in US PVC plant; Milliken to expand operations to Singapore with new facility September 3, 2019 // 1 Comment Formosa Plastics Corporation Louisiana, a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Formosa Plastics Corp. USA, will invest US$332 [...]
TechnipFMC to split into two independent companies September 3, 2019 // 1 Comment TechnipFMC is proceeding with its plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies: RemainCo, a [...]