Petrochemicals
Petrotechnics survey reveals trend towards operational excellence
Petrotechnics has released the results of its operational excellence index into attitudes towards operational excellence among the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
Shell says Norco, Louisiana chemical plant upset triggers flaring
Shell said the flaring Thursday at the Norco, Louisiana manufacturing complex shared with the Motiva Enterprises refinery was due to an upset in Shell's chemical plant.
Linde to expand Delaware industrial gases plant
Linde LLC will spend over $100 MM to increase the production of its industrial gases plant in Claymont, Delaware.
Siemens manufactures world’s largest geared compressor rotor for Jazan IGCC
Siemens has manufactured and tested the largest geared compressor rotor in the world at its facility in Duisburg, Germany.
Bilfinger wins $100 MM contract for Beaumont, Texas methanol plant
Bilfinger has won an order worth more than $100 MM in connection with construction of the Natgasoline methanol plant in the city of Beaumont in southeastern Texas.
Borealis considers new propane dehydrogenation plant in Belgium
Borealis will study the feasibility of a new propane dehydrogenation plant to be located at the existing Borealis production site in Kallo, Belgium.
SOCAR Polymer to use INEOS HDPE process for Azerbaijan project
INEOS Technologies has licensed its Innovene S process for SOCAR Polymer’s HDPE project in Sumgait, Azerbaijan.
Honeywell UOP introduces IIoT software to improve plant performance
Honeywell UOP is introducing a new software-based service designed to allow refiners and petrochemical and gas processing plants to improve performance.
GE Digital acquires Meridium to enhance asset performance management software
Integration of Meridium’s offerings into GE’s Predix platform gives customers greater access to APM capabilities and enables more rapid realization of Industrial Internet value.
New Technology Ventures issues new patent for sulfur removal
New Technology Ventures has received a patent for a method for sulfur removal that simplifies and streamlines oil and gas processing by removing bottlenecks in sulfur recovery units.
- Kumho Mitsui Chemicals to increase capacity of MDI production facilities 12/15
- ABS, Eneos, NYK Line and Seacor Holdings launch joint study to develop a methanol marine fuel supply network in the U.S. 12/15
- ENEOS accelerates AI-driven materials discovery of immersion cooling fluids and novel catalysts Using NVIDIA ALCHEMI 12/15
- SAMSUNG E&A wins FEED contract for nearly $5-B SAF plant in the U.S. 12/15
- KBR wins green ammonia project by IGNIS in Spain 12/15
- Phillips 66 announces $2.4-B capital budget for 2026 12/15

