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Clariant, Technip Energies to introduce new catalyst for low steam-to-oil ratios in styrene production

Clariant announced the launch of StyroMax UL-100, its most advanced ethylbenzene dehydrogenation catalyst to date. This innovative catalyst achieves exceptional performance at unprecedented low steam-to-oil ratios of 0.76 by weight, setting a new industry benchmark in styrene monomer production efficiency.

India's HPL to start maintenance turnaround at Haldia petrochemical complex in mid-April

HPL has a 700,000-metric ttpy ethylene plant, 491,000 tpy of chemical processing capacity and about 1 MMtpy polymer processing capacity at its manufacturing facility in Haldia in the eastern state of West Bengal.

China's Wanhua Chemical starts operation at new east China cracker

China's Wanhua Chemical Group has successfully started up its 1.2-MMtpy mixed-feed cracker in east China's Shandong province and achieved on-spec production of ethylene.

Evonik presents innovative "Debonding on Demand" concept for more sustainable bonding

Evonik has developed a groundbreaking "Debonding on Demand" concept to meet the growing demands of today's manufacturing industry for the circular economy by improving the sustainability of bonding. This innovative technology was developed to meet the urgent need for adhesives that can be easily removed for recycling and repairs.

Oil, gas and refined product imports exempted from Trump’s sweeping tariffs

The exemption will come as a relief to the U.S. oil industry, which had expressed concerns that new levies could disrupt flows and raise costs on everything from Canadian crude oil serving Midwest refineries to European cargoes of gasoline and diesel to the eastern seaboard.

Burckhardt Compression awarded digital monitoring services contract for a chemical plant in Saudi Arabia

Burckhardt Compression has won a significant order for digital monitoring services in Saudi Arabia. This solution includes state-of-the-art PROGNOST® NT system to upgrade and digitalize a major customer’s reciprocating compressor installation in the Middle East.

ExxonMobil to invest more than $100 MM in Baton Rouge upgrade to produce high-purity isopropyl alcohol

ExxonMobil announced its plans to invest more than $100 MM in facility upgrades to produce high-purity isopropyl alcohol, a critical material for semiconductor chip manufacturing in the U.S. 

The case for investing in acetic acid

This article dives into the acetic acid market, as well as processing technologies for its production.

KazMunayGas starts building polyethylene plant with Sinopec, SIBUR

The plant will have a pyrolysis unit which will use the technology of the U.S.-based Lummus, an ethylene polymerization unit using the technology of Chevron Phillips Chemical and Univation Technologies, as well as a butene unit using Axens technology

Lummus successfully starts up PFAS demo unit to destroy "forever chemicals"

Lummus Technology has started up its per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) destruction demonstration unit. The at-scale, commercial-ready system uses a combination of advanced technology to destroy PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals."

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