Polymers
Mitsubishi Chemical receives ISCC Plus certification for several different chemical products
The Mitsubishi Chemical Group has acquired ISCC PLUS certification for several different chemical products at four different plants. This certification guarantees that recycled raw materials and biomass raw materials are properly managed in the supply chain, including product manufacturing.
Gazprom development plan to include new petrochemical projects, polymer production
Gazprom's development plan for the next 10 years will include new petrochemical projects.
Bridging the innovation gap in the chemical industry
Productive collaboration between established chemical companies and agile climate startups is key to bridging this gap and accelerating decarbonization within the global petrochemicals/chemicals industry.
YECC awards ECI Group licensing contract for 150,000-tpy copolymer plant
ECI Group has signed a licensing agreement with Shaanxi Yanchang China Coal Yulin Energy & Chemical Co., Ltd. (YECC) to deliver a 150,000-tpy copolymer plant project, using ECI Group’s proprietary hybrid reactor technology.
IOCL selects Univation's UNIPOL tech for Paradip petrochemical complex
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. has selected Univation's UNIPOL™ PE process technology for a 650,000-tpy polyethylene line at IOCL's Paradip Petrochemical Complex site in Paradip, India.
Gevo granted U.S. patent for its novel ethanol-to-olefins process technology
Gevo, Inc. announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted to Gevo a patent for its ethanol-to-olefins process, focusing on bio-based renewable fuel and chemical production from alcohols.
KazMunayGas begins construction on $7.4-B polyethylene complex in Kazakhstan
KazMunayGas has begun construction on a $7.4-B, 1.25-MMtpy polyethylene plant in the Atyrau region of Kazakhstan. The project will establish an oil and gas chemical industry cluster in the country’s western region.
Emerson to join the Margo initiative, an open-standard pathway to optimize edge applications
Emerson is joining the Linux Foundation’s Margo, a new open-standard initiative designed to make edge applications, devices and orchestration software work together seamlessly across multi-vendor industrial automation environments.
Ceres Power Holdings signs SOEC systems license with Thermax to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries
The partnership will accelerate solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) system development within the hard-to-abate green ammonia, petrochemical and steel industries in India and other territories.
Russia's Sibur plans domestic bond issue to fund $10-B Amur gas-chemical complex
Sibur plans to place domestic bonds before the end of the year to fund the $10-B Amur gas and chemical complex, which will produce 2.3 MMtpy of polyethylene and 400,000 tpy of polypropylene once completed.
- Neste, Braskem partner on supply of renewable and recycled feedstocks for polymers and chemicals production 10/23
- India's diesel consumption to rise 3%–4% in current fiscal year 10/23
- U.S. crude, gasoline inventories rise, distillates draw down 10/23
- Russia's Surgutneftegaz awards annual tender for diesel, fuel oil exports 10/23
- California expects the EPA to approve 2035 zero-emissions vehicle plan 10/23
- Russia ships rare naphtha and fuel oil cargoes to Indonesia 10/23
