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Fluor signs contract with X-Energy for advanced nuclear project at Dow's Seadrift facility in Texas (U.S.)

News 4/7/2026 12:00:00 PM
Construction / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Project Management

Advanced solvent technology for decarbonizing BTX extraction units

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Sulzer Chemtech: A. Cimpeanu
Aromatics / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Reactors

A flexible crude-to-chemicals and fuels technology

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Saudi Aramco: A. Bourane  |  MD Ashraful Islam  |  A. Z. Akhras  |  G. Juttu
Axens: R. Le Masson  |  A. Paillier  |  D. Le Bars
Technip Energies: Golczynski, S.
IFP Energies Vouvelles: J. Verstraete
Crude oil / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Economics / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Refining / Naphtha

BASF and Avery Dennison collaborate to launch BASF’s newest acrylates based on renewable electricity: Butyl acrylate RE and 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate RE

News 3/31/2026 12:00:00 PM
Carbon Management / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Products / U.S.

High-temperature heat electrification: Lessons from operating the world’s first industrial-scale electric steam cracking furnace

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Linde Engineering: T. Hoefel  |  M. Hofstaetter  |  F. Roessler  |  M. Mayerhofer  |  G. Kracker
Carbon Management / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Ethylene / Greenhouse Gases / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization / Reactors

Cutting-edge catalytic technologies deployment in a modern aromatics complex

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing: J. Cao
Axens: T. Leflour
China National Offshore Oil Corp.: D. Ming
Aromatics / Cracking / Catalysts / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Polymers / Process Optimization / Reactors

Modernizing legacy CO2 units: Retrofit lessons from a high-throughput ammonia plant

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Kinetics Process Improvements, Inc.: Arora, V. K.
Ammonia / Construction / Engineering & Design / Petrochemicals / Process Optimization

Enhance plant performance and sustainability through activated carbon purification in gas sweetening: A Case Study

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Saudi Aramco: L. Ibrahim  |  S. Jali  |  Z. Alshahrani  |  A. H. Al-ShaikhAli  |  N. A. Al-Qahtani
Engineering & Design / Gas Processing/LNG / Middle East / Natural Gas / Process Optimization

The octane boost: How FCC chemistry and ingenuity fill the last barrel of the alkylation unit

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Marathon Petroleum: B. Burton
Catalysts / Cracking / Engineering & Design / Economics / Process Optimization / Refining / Reactors

Heat exchanger body flange: The gasket is not always tight enough

Hydrocarbon Processing / March 2026
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: K. Daru
Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Co. (KIPIC): S. Mansur
PVA Systems: A. Panchal
Reliance Industries Ltd.: P. Gala
Engineering & Design / Heat Exchanger / Process Optimization