Nov 1, 2021
Petrochem giant Sabic invests £1bn in UK plant
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 18, 2021
Pumps
Solenis, a leading global producer of speciality chemicals, has announced it will increase prices by 15 to 20% across all product lines in North America and Latin America.
The company said the price increases were necessary due to unprecedented supply chain constraints and increasing costs for raw materials, transportation and packaging.
Solenis is a leading global producer... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 14, 2021
Pipelines
A new partnership between Dow and Topsoe marks a new initiative to efficiently convert waste plastics to circular plastics - keeping them out of the environment.
Plans include Dow to proceed with the design and engineering for a 10,000 tonne per year market development unit using Haldor Topsoe’s PureStep technology to purify pyrolysis oil feedstock derived from waste... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 11, 2021
Pipelines
SIBUR, Samruk-Kazyna and KazMunayGas have signed an agreement to cooperate on petrochemical projects.
This will take place in the special economic zone National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark in Atyrau, Kazakhstan.
The agreements regulate the establishment of joint ventures as part of an integrated gas chemical complex including building a polyethylene facility... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 8, 2021
Valves
PLANS for the UK’s first £165 million (€194 million) plastic petrochem park have moved a step closer.
The park will be designed to tackle a share of the UK’s 4.9 million tonnes of annual plastic waste and will use pioneering technology to turn this waste into hydrogen.
Peel NRE, part of Peel L&P, has submitted a planning application for the Plastic Park to... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 7, 2021
Pipelines
The hydrogen economy is at the start of a period of growth, with the size of the global market predicted to be as much as US$12 trillion (€10 trillion) by 2050, according to the latest research.
As part of global decarbonisation efforts, hydrogen is expected to emerge as an alternative fuel. Given water is the main feedstock for hydrogen production, the boom in the... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 6, 2021
Pipelines
Shell Chemicals Europe and Pryme have announced a strategic cooperation and offtake agreement for pyrolysis oil made from recycled plastic waste.
Pryme will supply Shell from its first plant located in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Currently under construction, the plant is scheduled to become operational in 2022 and is forecast to convert 60,000 tonnes of plastic waste... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Oct 4, 2021
Pipelines
Malaysia's Petronas hopes to restart its Pengerang refinery-petrochemical complex, a joint venture with Saudi Aramco, by the end of the year.
Arif Mahmood, Petronas' executive vice president and CEO of downstream, said the the 300,000-bpd refinery complex in Johor was shut in March last year following a deadly fire.
The Malaysian state energy firm in February delayed... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 27, 2021
Pipelines
SIBUR and TAIF have entered into an agreement finalising the creation of a combined entity that be the largest petrochemical company in Russia and one of the biggest in the world.
Under the agreement, TAIF shareholders will receive a 15% stake in the new combined company in exchange for 50% plus 1 share in JSC TAIF.
The new company will support Russia’s leadership... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 24, 2021
Pipelines
FOUR new companies have signed up to join the North West Hydrogen Alliance (NWHA) in the UK.
The new members - Fichtner, Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), Powerhouse Energy and Swagelok – take the membership count to 30, cementing the organisation’s position as the UK’s largest industry-funded regional hydrogen alliance.
It comes as the Alliance throws its... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 21, 2021
Pumps
KBR has revealed that it has been awarded a feasibility study contract by PKN ORLEN to evaluate plastics recycling projects in Central Europe utilising its Hydro-PRT technology.
KBR and PKN ORLEN have also signed a letter of intent to collaborate on the development of future projects.
Along with KBR, PKN ORLEN will assess the implementation of Hydro-PRT as the core... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 20, 2021
Valves
Sealing solutions specialist Greene Tweed has supplied perfluoro elastomers (FFKM) to a leading petrochemical company.
The company’s goal was to increase the mean time between failure (MTBF) of its screw spindle pump from several weeks to several years.
The firm also wanted to increase safety at all of the pump installations in its ethylene oxide (EO) and propylene... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 20, 2021
Pipelines
Shell Ventures and BlueAlp Holding have announced a new partnership to develop and deploy plastic waste to chemical feedstock technology.
The technology transforms plastic waste into pyrolysis oil that can be used to make sustainable chemicals.
Shell has taken a 21.25% equity stake in BlueAlp as part of the agreement.
“With BlueAlp’s innovative technology and Shell’s... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 17, 2021
Other
The latest supply chain trends survey from the Chemical Business Association showed a sharp fall in order books.
The September survey also revealed that member companies continued to face serious supply chain issues, notably a significant shortage of UK road haulage capacity due to HGV driver shortages which is delaying or preventing vital materials from reaching customers... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 7, 2021
Pumps
Ingersoll Rand has completed its acquisition of the progressive cavity pump company Seepex GmbH.
Seepex, which is based in Bottrop, Germany, manufactures progressive cavity pumps for chemical applications as well as for the water, wastewater, food and the beverage industry.
The company has facilities in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific, employs around 800 employees... [Read More]
Chemical/Petrochemcial News
Sep 6, 2021
Pipelines
bp Singapore has announced it has delivered its first carbon offset liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to the Yung An terminal in Taiwan.
This is bp’s first delivery of carbon offset LNG in the Asia-Pacific region, following its first delivery globally to Sempra LNG at the Energia Costa Azul terminal in Mexico in July.
This new carbon offset LNG offer strengthens... [Read More]
Oil and Gas News
Sep 3, 2021
Pipelines
Canada is pushing to provide incentives for at least two new massive carbon capture projects by 2030 with nearly a dozen oil and gas companies already pursuing rights to store carbon dioxide in Alberta's vast underground caverns.
The hubs to collect carbon from clusters of emitters would advance Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's goal of cutting emissions by 40-45% from... [Read More]
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