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Haldia selects multiple Lummus Technologies for India's first on-purpose propylene plant and largest cumene and phenol plant
Lummus Technology announced Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd. will license its olefins conversion technology and the Lummus/Versalis cumene and phenol technologies for a new plant in West Bengal, India.
Grace expands operating UNIPOL PP technology capacity in China with Oriental Energy Co. Ltd.
W. R. Grace & Co announced that Oriental Energy Co. Ltd. has started up a new plant with Grace’s UNIPOL PP Process Technology.
SCG Chemicals to test run its Vietnam petrochemical complex in Nov, Dec
Long Son Petrochemicals, a unit of Thailand's SCG Chemicals, will test run its new petrochemical complex in southern Vietnam in November and December.
Uganda plans to hand over exclusive petroleum supply deal to Vitol
Uganda plans to hand over exclusive rights for supply of all petroleum products to a unit of global energy trader Vitol and end a system that sources the oil products through neighboring Kenya.
Lummus announces commercial availability of SAP technology
Lummus Technology announced the commercial availability of its Saplene super absorbent polymer technology.
C2X takes important step towards large scale green methanol production in Spain
C2X has taken an important step towards the development of their second production site.
China's CNOOC, two chemical firms looking at Shell Singapore assets
CNOOC, Eversun Holdings and Wanhua Chemical are among those that have started early evaluations of Shell assets that include a 237,000 bpd refinery and a one MMtpy ethylene cracker.
Zeopore enables breakthrough in hydrocracking by leveraging zeolite mesopore quality
Over recent years, Zeopore has introduced innovative technologies to increase mesoporosity and retain intrinsic zeolitic properties. Now, after having completed a high-throughput testing campaign at a major refining company, Zeopore demonstrates excellent hydrocracking performance in comparison to un-mesoporised zeolite catalysts
Sumitomo Chemical to develop green process for ethanol-based propylene
Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to establish a process for producing propylene directly from ethanol, which is attracting attention as a sustainable chemical raw material.
- New Emerson industrial AI platform delivers enterprise-scale AI 5/11
- Worley to deliver FEED for Dow’s Path2Zero cogen project in Canada 5/11
- L&T awarded EPC contract for BCGCL's coal-to-ammonium nitrate project in India 5/11
- Loop Chemicals licenses chemical looping ammonia technology from Sandia National Laboratories 5/11
- LanzaTech selects North Sea Port, Ghent as site for Europe’s first commercial alcohol-to-jet SAF facility 5/11
- ControlAir releases new signal operated back pressure regulators 5/11
