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]

QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company marked the ground-breaking of the Golden Triangle Polymers Plant. This signalled the beginning of construction of the petrochemical facility in Orange County, Texas, US. The landmark event was attended by senior QatarEnergy executives as well as Bruce Chinn, the president and CEO of Chevron Phillips Chemical, Mark Lashier,... [Read More]

Topsoe and CIP have signed an agreement under which Topsoe will deliver its leading SynCOR™ technology to produce blue ammonia at the facility to be built on the US Gulf Coast. Blue ammonia is ammonia (NH3) that is produced from blue hydrogen. To produce blue hydrogen, natural gas and steam are reformed into two production streams of pure hydrogen (H2) and pure CO2... [Read More]

Sulzer acquires stake in Fuenix Ecogy and completes portfolio for plastic waste reduction Sulzer has signed an agreement with circular technology company Fuenix Ecogy to acquire a strategic stake in its plastic upcycling business. The partnership will drive the development, commercialisation and adoption of advanced, fully integrated solutions for plastic waste processing.... [Read More]

NextChem and its subsidiary MyRechemical have signed an agreement with Dimeta to explore new opportunities to develop plants to produce renewable and recycled carbon dimethyl ether (DME) from waste. The product can be blended with conventional LPG thus helping to reduce its carbon footprint with no change to LPG appliances or infrastructure. Dimeta is a Dutch joint... [Read More]

LyondellBasell and Nexus Circular have signed a long-term contract to supply 24,000 tpy of recycled feedstock. The material will be produced at Nexus Circular's new advanced recycling facility, which will begin construction this year. The new facility will convert mixed plastic waste, which mostly ends up in landfills or incineration, into recycled feedstock. LyondellBasell... [Read More]

Hydratight has completed its largest bag stop line plugging at a chemical production facility in Germany. The 56 inch (diameter) main water-cooling line plugging operation was a quicker and more cost-effective approach than traditional mechanical line plugging. Modifications to a water-cooling line during scheduled plant shutdown meant the line needed to be temporarily... [Read More]

Nexus Circular has signed a long-term commercial agreement with Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) for the supply of a significant volume annually of circular liquid feedstocks from a new advanced recycling facility. This long-term contractual commitment further strengthens CPChem’s relationship with Nexus for advanced recycled plastic feedstocks to produce Marlex... [Read More]

Renewable energy firm Casa dos Ventos and Comerc Eficiência have signed a partnership with the TransHydrogen Alliance (THA) to create new supply chains for the energy transition of European countries. The agreement is to enable the export of green ammonia produced in the Industrial and Port Complex of Pecém (CIPP), in Ceará. The plant is to be built on a 60-hectare... [Read More]

Repsol has taken another step forward in its commitment to the circular economy as the cornerstone of its transformation to become a company with zero-net emissions by 2050. The company will install a new recycled plastics production line (Reciclex range) with a capacity to manufacture 25,000 tons per year at its Puertollano Industrial Complex. The new unit, which will... [Read More]

Argent Energy, a leading European manufacturer of biofuels in the UK and the Netherlands, has commenced groundworks for construction of a glycerine refinery in the Port of Amsterdam. The facility is expected produce 50,000 tons of refined glycerine per year. With this construction, the company is expanding its portfolio of sustainable products and will be entering the... [Read More]

Petrochemical projects will constitute the majority of the upcoming oil and gas projects that are expected to commence operations in Saudi Arabia during the period 2023 to 2027. This accounts for around 61% of the total projects GlobalData, a data and analytics company, revealed. Their report, Middle East Oil and Gas Projects Analytics and Forecast by Project Type, Sector,... [Read More]

Nuberg EPC has announced that it has been awarded a 550 TPD sulphuric acid plant project. The project is owned by Spolana, a leading chemical manufacturer located on the Elbe riverbank in Neratovice, Czech Republic. Spolana is one of the largest chemical manufacturing companies in the country, the only manufacturer of PVC and caprolactam, also produces ammonium sulphate... [Read More]

Neste has completed the grant agreement process with Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency of the European Commission (CINEA) and the European Commission for €135 million funding for its chemical recycling project PULSE. This follows the earlier positive EU Innovation Fund grant decision in July 2022. The PULSE project aims to implement Neste’s... [Read More]

Maire Tecnimont has announced that a signing ceremony concerning the $6 billion (€5.5 billion) integrated polymers complex to be built in Ras Laffan Industrial City was held in Doha, Qatar. The contract, already announced on December 21, is part of this complex and has been awarded to Tecnimont by a Joint Venture composed of QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical.... [Read More]