ExxonMobil and SABIC venture breaks ground on US$7 bln ethylene cracker

A little more than two years after announcing it had selected San Patricio County as the site for its new ethylene cracker plant, ExxonMobil and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. celebrated...

IOC and Haldia Petro's planned refining and petrochem projects delayed by problems with land acquisition

Indian state-controlled refiner IOC and private-sector Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL) have hit delays in planned refining and petrochemical projects because of problems with land acquisit...

Naphtha cracker output at Japan's Keiyo Ethylene Co affected by typhoon

Japan’s Keiyo Ethylene Co has adjusted output levels at its naphtha cracker due to a typhoon, a spokesman from co-owner Maruzen Petrochemical Co has been reported by Reuters. Kei...

Global graphene-enhanced composites market to register CAGR of 25% from 2019 to 2024

Global graphene-enhanced composites market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of around 25% during 2019-2024, as per Reportbuyer. Notably, graphene is an allotrope of carbon consisti...

Bio-based thermoplastics applications including packaging, consumer products, sporting goods and technical parts at K 2019

FKuR will be showcasing its expanded portfolio of bio-based thermoplastics for a growing range of applications including packaging, consumer products, sporting goods and technical part...

Global Carbon Thermoplastic market to grow at a CAGR of 25.5% from 2017 to 2026

The Global Carbon Thermoplastic market is accounted to grow at a CAGR of 25.5% during the forecast period of 2017 to 2026, according to Stratistics MRC. Some of the key factors such as...

Natural Farm collaborates with Braskem to package dog food in PE bioplastic

Braskem and Natural Farm, a leading provider of 100% natural pet food based in Atlanta, today announced the adoption of Braskem's I'm greenTM Polyethylene (PE) bioplastic for t...

Saudi Aramco suspends 50% of production after drone attacks on Abqaiq, Khurais facilities

50% of Saudi Aramco's production at its plants in Abqaiq and Khurais has been suspended following a result of terrorist drone attacks. These attacks resulted in production suspensi...

Borealis declares force majeure in Kallo, Belgium and Burghausen, Germany

Borealis AG has declared force majeures in two production sites in Kallo, Belgium and Burghausen, Germany, as per plasticsnews.com.  FM has been declared on refinery grade ...

High-Temperature Thermoplastics market to reach US$ 32.79 bln by 2026 at a CAGR of 10.44%

High-Temperature Thermoplastics (HTTs) market  was valued at US$ 14.82 bln in 2018 and is expected to reach US$ 32.79 bln by 2026, at a CAGR of 10.44%, as per Maximize Market Rese...

Maintenance shutdown at IOC's only naphtha cracker and half of Panipat refinery

Successful completion of mechanical construction on MEGlobal’s world-class ethylene glycol (EG) Texas facility

EQUATE Group has announce the inauguration of its new MEGlobal Oyster Creek site in Oyster Creek, Texas, USA. The world-scale, 750,000 metric-tons-annually (mta) ethylene glycol (EG) m...

Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères selects Honeywell UOP’s C3 OleflexTM technology

Sonatrach Total Entreprise Polymères (STEP) has selected Honeywell UOP’s C3 OleflexTM technology to produce 565 000 tpa of polymer-grade propylene for a proposed plant in ...

Global polymer stabilizers market to register CAGR of over 3.5% from 2019 to 2024

The global polymer stabilizers market is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 3.5% during the forecast period of 2019 - 2024, as per Reportlinker. Polymer stabilizers are added in polyme...

GS E&C awarded HMC Polypropylene (PP) 4 project by Thailand's HMC Polymers

GS E&C hass been awarded a USUS$230 mln order for HMC Polypropylene (PP) 4” project from HMC Polymers. HMC Polymers is 41% owned by PTTGC, 29% by Lyondell Basell and 30% by o...

Schneider Electric launches EcoStruxure to drive efficiency in oil, gas and petrochemical industry in India

Schneider Electric has announced the launch of Eco Struxure Power & Process (EP&P) to drive efficiency and augment profitability in India’s rapidly evolving oil & gas...

ONGC mulls buying out rest of OPaL

India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp Ltd plans to buy out the rest of ONGC Petro additions Ltd (OPaL), majority-owned by ONGC, and launch a public offering if it fails to find a stra...

Honeywell successfully commissions second C3 Oleflex™ unit for Zhejiang Satellite

Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co., Ltd. is using Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 450,000 metric tpa of polymer-grade propylene for a new petrochemicals c...

China to invest US$400 bln over 5 years partly to develop Iran’s oil, gas and petrochem sectors

Plans of China planning to invest US$400  have been revealed. Out of this, US$280 billion could be towards developing Iran’s oil, gas and petrochemicals sectors over the nex...

Global polyolefin film market to reach US$125 mln by 2024 at a CAGR of 4.2%

The polyolefin (POF) film market is expected to reach an estimated $125 billion by 2024 with a CAGR of 4.2% from 2019, as per ResearchAndMarkets.com. The future of the polyolefin (POF)...