Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.fluor.com) has successfully completed its mechanical construction scope of work on MEGlobal’s world-class ethylene glycol (EG) manufacturing facility in Oyster Creek, Texas. The 750,000 metric ton per year EG unit is the first of its kind…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced a new joint venture (JV) with Debang Xinghua Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangsu Debang Chemical Industrial Group Co., Ltd. (“Debang Group”), to build, own and operate a coal-to-syngas processing facility in…
PTT Global Chemical Public Co. (GC; Bangkok, Thailand; www.pttgcgroup.com) has announced a long-term partnership with ALPLA, a global recycler and high-quality plastic packaging solutions provider. Together, the two companies are revolutionizing the efficient use of renewable resources to ensure they…
Albemarle (Baton Rouge, La.; www.albemarle.com) Fine Chemistry Services (FCS; www.albcustom.com), a leading U.S. domestic supplier of regulatory starting materials (RSMs), intermediates, and high-value active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to the pharmaceutical industry, today announced the expansion of its operations at its…
Honeywell announced today that Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères (STEP) has selected Honeywell UOP’s (Des Plaines, Ill.; www.uop.com) C3 Oleflex technology to produce 565,000 metric tons per year of polymer-grade propylene for a proposed plant in Arzew, Algeria. In addition to…
Honeywell UOP (www.honeywell.com) announced that PKN ORLEN has licensed the UOP MaxEne process, which can increase production of ethylene and aromatics and improve the flexibility of gasoline production. The project, for the PKN ORLEN facility in Plock, Poland, currently is in the basic…
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Equinor and its partners Shell and Total to explore collaboration in a CO2 capture and storage project, called Northern Lights. The Northern Lights project is aimed to mature the…
According to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), the U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell by 0.9 percent in July following revised declines of 0.8 percent in June and 0.6 percent in May. During July, chemical…
Dow (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) and SCG Chemicals Co. (Bangkok, Thailand; www.scgchemicals.com) signed a collaboration agreement to develop new complete recycling solutions to add value to plastic waste and prevent them from ending up in the environment. This agreement is an…
Mexichem S.A.B. de C.V. has unveiled its new corporate name, Orbia (www.orbia.com). Alongside the new purpose-driven corporate approach, Orbia introduces an innovative new logo concept, the ImpactMark. This reflects a year-long process to transform the company into a future-fit, human-centered…