Lummus launches renewable DME technologyJune 4, 2024 // 0 CommentsProcess technology provider Lummus Technology has made commercial availability of CDDME, a new renewable dimethyl ether [...]
KBR/Sumitomo Chemical tie-up in licensing of PO processMay 23, 2024 // 0 CommentsTech firm KBR and Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical announced that they have signed an alliance agreement to make KBR an exclusive [...]
Honeywell’s naphtha-to-ethane/propane process to boost energy efficiencyMay 16, 2024 // 0 CommentsTech firm Honeywell has announced a transformational new naphtha to ethane and propane (NEP) process that will enable [...]
Chemanol to set up US$112 mn speciality chemicals facility in JubailMay 13, 2024 // 0 CommentsSaudi-based methanol Chemicals Company (Chemanol) has signed a plot allocation agreement with Jubail and Yanbu Industrial [...]
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 [...]