Dow and New Energy Blue announced a long-term supply agreement in North America in which New Energy Blue will create bio-based ethylene from renewable agricultural residues. This is for plastic materials made from corn residue, in a bid to move towards renewable energy sources for production. "We are unlocking the value of agriculture residues in this new partnership... [Read More]

Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, is supporting Teck Resources (Teck) in piloting a new carbon capture plant at its smelter in Trail, British Columbia. Now in the detail design phase, this first-of-its-kind solution for capturing carbon from sulfide ores in the smelting process, is paving the way for more sustainable operations in steel and mining... [Read More]

Lummus Technology and Texplore have agreed to license and market EXCENETM - Texplore’s high-density polyethylene (HDPE) technology. Under the agreement, Lummus will exclusively license Texplore’s EXCENE HDPE technology. Lummus will also provide engineering design for plant construction, services for plant commissioning and start-up, and additional life cycle services,... [Read More]

Gevo and LG Chem have entered into a joint development agreement to develop bio-propylene for renewable chemicals using Gevo’s Ethanol-to-Olefins (ETO) technology. Gevo’s proprietary ETO technology can target carbon neutral or carbon negative drop-in replacements for traditional petroleum-based building blocks called olefins, including bio-propylene that can be used... [Read More]

NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Enerkem are advancing their versatile and energy efficient chemical recycling technology to pilot stage in Edmonton, Alberta. The funding, provided through Alberta Innovates’ Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Economic Recovery Program has enabled the companies to expedite construction of a pilot-scale reactor system that converts... [Read More]

NextChem has acquired a 51% stake in MyRemono, a newly established company to which Biorenova transferred patents, assets, including a demonstration plant and contracts related to CatC, an innovative plastic catalytic depolymerisation technology. CatC is a continuous chemical recycling process to recover monomers with ultra-high levels of purity from sorted plastic waste,... [Read More]

Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by Ningbo Juhua Chemical and Science for a 1.3-propanediol (PDO) plant with a capacity of producing 72,000 tpy as well as 150,000 tpy of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT). The plant will be built in Ningbo, Zhejiang, China. These two products are based on Technip Energies’ proprietary Zimmer® PDO and PTT technologies... [Read More]

Clariant has opened its new CATOFIN catalyst production site in Jiaxing, Zhejiang province, China. Investing in innovations such as CATOFIN is a core element of Clariant’s new purpose-led strategy. The site also serves to increase the already expanding footprint in China, adding on to the existing nearby catalyst plants in Jinshan and catalyst R&D centre within the... [Read More]

Toymaker LEGO said it has agreed to buy e-methanol, a lower-carbon alternative to conventional plastic ingredients, for use in its plastic bricks when the world's first large-scale plant starts operations next year. Privately owned renewable energy firm European Energy, which is developing the plant in Aabenraa, Denmark, said Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk will also buy... [Read More]

Aramco has signed definitive agreements to acquire a 10% interest in Shenzhen-listed Rongsheng Petrochemical for $3.6 billion (€3.2 billion) in a deal that will expand its downstream presence in China. Through the strategic arrangement, Aramco will supply 480,000 bpd of Arabian crude oil to Rongsheng affiliate Zhejiang Petroleum and Chemical (ZPC), under a long-term... [Read More]

Neste has successfully concluded its second series of industrial-scale processing runs with liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The goal of the processing runs is to further increase the company’s understanding of how different types of waste plastics behave during chemical recycling in the refinery processes. The end product gained in the runs... [Read More]

Sulzer Chemtech has completed the start-up of the world’s largest facility for styrene extraction from pyrolysis gasoline (pygas) derived from naphtha cracking. Located in Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical Co’s (ZPC) integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Zhoushan, China, the unit uses Sulzer Chemtech’s proprietary GT-Styrene® licensed technology to produce... [Read More]

Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals for the Huizhou Phase III project - a liquid ethylene cracker located in Huizhou, China. Technip Energies is providing the proprietary technology and process design for CSPC’s 1,600 KTA plant. This liquid ethylene cracker pioneers the use of a low CO2 furnace design and electrification... [Read More]

Lummus Technology has announced that Butadiene has selected its iC4 CATOFIN®, CATADIENE®, CDMtbe® technologies and BASF's butadiene extraction technology for a new petrochemical facility. This will be applied at the new petrochem plant in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. The scope of this award includes the technology license and basic engineering for four process units. Once... [Read More]

Emerson will give automation technologies, software and analytics from its Plantweb™ digital ecosystem for the Golden Triangle Polymers Project on the Texas Gulf Coast. The total installed cost of the project is expected to be $8.5 billion (€7.9 billion) and is a joint venture between Chevron Phillips Chemical Company and an indirect subsidiary of QatarEnergy. Operations... [Read More]

China will dominate new petrochemical project starts in Asia, according to new analysis. The country is likely to start operations of 410 petrochemical projects from 2023 to 2027, according to GlobalData. GlobalData’s latest report, Petrochemicals New Build and Expansion Projects Analysis by Type, Development Stage, Key Countries, Region and Forecasts, 2023-2027, reveals... [Read More]