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LyondellBasell announced an investment to expand propylene production capacity at its Channelview Complex near Houston.
Groundbreaking and construction are expected to begin in the third quarter of 2025, with a projected startup in late 2028.
The unit will have an annual propylene production capacity of approximately 400 thousand metric tons, employ 750 people during peak construction and…
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Dow Chemical will shut down three chemical plants in Europe and cut around 800 jobs in response to structural challenges in the region, the chemicals company said.
The company said the shutdowns will remove higher-cost, energy-intensive portions of Dow's portfolio in Europe.
Global chemical companies are feeling the pressure to reassess strategies, with the European Union's increasing…
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Sabic has announced the closure of its petrochemical site in north-east England.
The Saudi Arabian firm, one of the world's largest petrochemical manufacturers, will shut its Olefins 6 cracker plant in Wilton, Teesside, after 46 years of it operating.
The exact number of job losses is not yet known but the firm currently employs 330 people at the site, the BBC reported.
Sabic said its decision…
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Nationwide Boiler Inc. has highlighted its 150,000 pph High-Pressure Saturated Steam Boiler and the 110,000 pph High-Pressure Superheated Steam Boiler.
These watertube boilers are engineered to meet the demanding needs of the chemical processing facilities, all while meeting stringent emissions and efficiency standards.
The 150,000 pph Saturated Steam Boiler delivers an exceptional…
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OMV officially inaugurated its flagship ReOil® and electrolyser facilities at the Schwechat refinery near Vienna.
The proprietary ReOil chemical recycling plant converts hard-to-recycle plastics into virgin-quality products, driving circularity and reducing environmental impact.
The new 10 MW electrolyser facility has a production capacity of up to 1,500 tons of green hydrogen annually and…
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Maire has announces that its subsidiaries Tecnimont, KT-Kinetics Technology and Nextchem and have been granted new awards for a total amount of approximately $3.5 billion (€3.3 billion) for engineering and procurement and construction activities related to petrochemical and hydrotreating projects, as well as high value engineering services for a waste to chemical project.
These projects-…
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ExxonMobil has purchased several shipments of naphtha for its newly launched petrochemical complex in southern China, Reuters has reported.
The complex, based in Dayawan Petrochemical Industrial Park of Huizhou, Guangdong province, is one of the few mega petrochemical plants in China wholly-owned by a foreign investor that are designed to produce high-end petrochemical products.
The ExxonMobil…
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TotalEnergies has signed agreements with Air Liquide to develop two projects in the Netherlands, for the production and delivery of some 45,000 tons a year of green hydrogen produced using renewable power developed by TotalEnergies (50%) and RWE (50%).
These projects will cut CO2 emissions from TotalEnergies’ refineries in Belgium and the Netherlands by up to 450,000 tons a year.
The two…
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Wood has been selected to provide operations and maintenance solutions for MTR Carbon Capture at the world’s largest membrane-based carbon capture plant in Gillette, Wyoming.
The facility, which is based at the Wyoming Integrated Test Centre (ITC) and managed by the University of Wyoming, is part of the US Department of Energy’s large-scale pilot carbon capture programme which aims to…
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Samsung E&A has received a Letter of Award (LoA) for the EPC of the TA'ZIZ Methanol Project.
The contract value is $1.7 billion (€1.64 billion), with a contract duration of 44 months.
This project includes the construction of a methanol plant with a production capacity of 1.8 million tons per annum at the TA'ZIZ chemicals and transition fuels ecosystem being developed in the Ruwais…
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NH3 Clean Energy has completed the engineering component of its preliminary-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED) for its flagship WAH2 clean ammonia project in Western Australia.
The technical work has been completed in collaboration with Petrofac Asset Solutions Australia as lead engineer, and Topsoe A/S as core technology provider.
Pre-FEED technical work has involved considerable…
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Enerkem has announced that Repsol has officially approved the Financial Investment Decision (FID) for the Ecoplanta project - marking a significant milestone in the drive for the supply of sustainable fuel and product.
Repsol's Ecoplanta project will leverage Enerkem's cutting-edge technology to transform non-recyclable municipal waste into sustainable methanol which can be used as a raw…
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Sungrow Hydrogen signed supply agreement with ACME Group and will provide water electrolysis hydrogen production equipment for the 320MW green ammonia project in Oman.
It also marks the official start of the cooperation between ACME Group and Sungrow Hydrogen in the Middle East.
According to the agreement, Sungrow Hydrogen will provide multiple sets of 1000Nm³/h ALK hydrogen production…
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CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC) has taken a final investment decision to expand its petrochemical complex in Daya Bay, Huizhou, south China.
The expansion will include a third ethylene cracker with a planned capacity of 1.6 million tonnes per year of ethylene, a key building block to make plastics, and associated downstream derivatives units producing chemicals including…
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Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering, has secured a contract worth around $17 million (€16.3 million) from a leading petrochemical company in the Middle East to improve efficiency and reduce emissions on a process manufacturing plant.
Under this 18-month contract, Wood is providing consultancy and engineering services, process technology and specialist equipment to enhance…
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Air Liquide has been awarded a grant of €110 million from the European Innovation Fund for its ENHANCE project in the port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium, that aims to produce low-carbon and renewable hydrogen derived from ammonia.
As part of the project, Air Liquide intends to build, own and operate a first-of-its-kind large scale renewable ammonia cracking plant and an innovative hydrogen…
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Sulzer’s technology has been selected by Emirates Biotech for its upcoming polylactic acid (PLA) production plant in the United Arab Emirates.
The facility will be constructed in two phases, each with an annual capacity of 80,000 tonnes, resulting in a total production capacity of 160,000 tonnes per annum. Once completed, it will be the largest PLA production facility in the world.
PLA…
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Ingenza has partnered with Oxford-based HydRegen to develop a more sustainable and cost-effective method of manufacturing amine-based chemicals - eliminating the need for heavy metal catalysts.
HydRegen was established as a spin-out from the University of Oxford in 2020, with the aim of providing alternatives to chemical manufacturing.
Classical metal-catalysed chemical manufacturing requires…
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