Sulzer Chemtech’s GTC Technology business 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., Ltd.’s (ZPC) integrated refining and petrochemical complex in…
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG) announced that Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd. (BPCL) has selected its ISOFINISHING technology for a catalytic processing unit at the Mumbai Refinery in Mumbai, India. Once complete, the unit will have a capacity of 200,000 metric…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris) will invest around €60 million to revamp two Air Separation Units (ASUs) the Group operates in the Tianjin industrial basin, in China. This announcement comes within the context of the renewal of a long-term industrial gases…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement with Incitec Pivot Limited for IPL’s ammonia production complex located in Waggaman, Louisiana. The facility has a nameplate capacity of 880,000 tons of ammonia annually.…
OCI N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Lotte Fine Chemical for the supply of low-carbon and green ammonia, which are ideal products to decarbonize the chemical value chain and the power sector, with first…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it has commissioned a chlorine dioxide plant to modernize and expand the Arauco pulp mill in Chile. The project, called the MAPA project, is a $2.35 billion pulp mill and is the largest industrial…
McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has been awarded an engineering, procurement services and construction management (EPsCm) contract from Slovnaft, a.s., for the steam cracker intensification off-gas processing project at its plant in Bratislava, Slovakia. The project will upgrade the existing steam cracker…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and industrial 3D Printer manufacturer Farsoon are collaborating once again to bring INFINAM TPC (thermoplastic copolyester) to market—a new ready-to-use elastomer powder material. By pushing the edges of what is possible, they continue to expand…
Corrosion Innovations, LLC announced that they acquired the Chlor*Rid product line from Milliken & Company (Spartanburg, S.C.) on March 16, 2023. The Chlor*Rid product line includes surface decontamination, passivation products, and salt testing kits for soluble salt detection and removal.…
DOMO Chemicals (Leuna, Germany) announced the groundbreaking for its new plant in Haiyan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. The new plant will produce TECHNYL polyamide-based grades and is expected to be in full operation by end Q1 2024. It represents a significant…