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Consortium to launch world's first commercialized PET bottle using bio-paraxylene

A partnership consisting of Indorama Ventures, Suntory, ENEOS Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Iwatani and Neste will launch the world’s first bio-PET bottle for commercial scale, made from ISCC+ certified bio-paraxylene.

Consortium introduces world's first pharmaceutical bottle partially made with wood-based plastics

UPM Biochemicals, Selenis and Bormioli Pharma have partnered to produce the world’s first pharmaceutical bottles made from partially wood-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET).

TotalEnergies studies Moroccan project to export green ammonia to Europe

TotalEnergies will study plans for a renewable energy project to produce hydrogen and ammonia in Morocco for delivery to Europe, which is seeking to increase use of the fuels as part of its energy transition.

Enterprise opens new facility in Utah to expand strategic fuel storage

Enterprise Products Partners said the second phase of its Texas Western Products System, which houses 400,000 bpd of gasoline and diesel, was now complete with truck loading operations beginning at company's fuel terminal located in Utah.

BASF invests in increasing production capacity of Neopor® at Ludwigshafen site

BASF is strengthening its styrene value chain at its Ludwigshafen site by expanding the production capacity of Neopor® by 50,000 tpy. This increase is aimed at meeting the growing market demand for the grey insulation material. The start-up of the new production facilities is scheduled for early 2027.

Vopak Energy Park Antwerp starts market consultation for ammonia storage

Vopak is launching a market consultation for the storage of ammonia at its Vopak Energy Park Antwerp site in Belgium. The market consultation aims to gauge market interest and to gather detailed insight into customer demand. Vopak Energy Park Antwerp intends to finish the currently ongoing pre-FEED study by the end of 2024. Subject to market interest and a positive FID the start of operations is currently foreseen in 2029.  

Neste, Braskem partner on supply of renewable and recycled feedstocks for polymers and chemicals production

Braskem will use more sustainable feedstocks from Neste to produce circular and bio-circular polymer resins and chemicals, which will be sold in South America under Braskem’s Wenew brand.

India eyes $87 B investment in petrochemicals sector over next decade

India is expected to receive investments worth $87 B in the next decade to meet the nation's rising demand for petrochemicals, the country's oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.

Driving ethylene decarbonization

Technip Energies is a world leader in the ethylene industry with 40%─50% of the licensing market share. With 65 years of experiences in the design, construction and modernization of the largest ethylene plants using proprietary technologies, our clients benefit from our unrivaled expertise.

Montana Renewables receives $1.44-B conditional commitment for renewable fuels and biomass energy facility

Calumet Inc. has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has awarded a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $1.44 B to fund the construction and expansion of a renewable fuels facility owned by Montana Renewables LLC (MRL).

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