HPCL, GAIL JV in talks with AP government to set up 32,000 crore petrochemical plant at Kakinada

State-owned refinery Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) and gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd are looking for viability gap funding of 2,000 crore to set up a pe...

MHI completes 2-Train Polyethylene Plant in Texas for ExxonMobil Chemical Company

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. (MHIA), a fully owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed the construction of a large-scale two-train polyeth...

The U.S. automotive protection films market to cross US$425 mln by 2025

The U.S. automotive protection films market is estimated to reach a market size of US$425.4 million by 2025, as per Research and Markets. The growth of the U.S. automotive in...

Zhejiang Petrochemical starts construction of first phase of oil refining and petrochemical complex

Zhejiang Petrochemical has started construction of the first phase of its oil refining and petrochemical complex on the island of Zhoushan, near Shanghai, in Zhejiang province, the off...

Enterprise Products Partners and Navigator Holdings to jointly develop ethylene marine export terminal on Houston Ship Channel

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Navigator Holdings Ltd. announced the execution of a letter of intent to jointly develop an ethylene marine export terminal on the Houston Ship Ch...

Haldia Petrochem seeks additional land from State to set up upstream refinery to reduce naphtha imports

Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL) is seeking additional land from the West Bengal government&nbs...

CBI awarded deal by PT Chandra Asri for refurbishment of naphtha cracker in Cilegon, Indonesia

Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. has secured a deal with PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (CAP) to provide materials to be used in the refurbishment of its cracked heaters in th...

Arkema to invest in biosourced polyamide 11 chain in Asia

Eager to sustain its customers' strong growth, in particular in automotive, 3D-printing, and in consumer goods markets such as sports and electronics, Arkema has announced an inves...

Global antiblock additive market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7% till 2021

The antiblock additive market is projected to reach US$1,109.6 mln by 2021, at a CAGR of 5.7% from 2016 to 2021, as per Research and Markets. Increasing population across the globe has...

ADNOC inks framework agreement with Borealis to expand joint petrochemical activities

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc) announced on Sunday it has signed a framework agreement with Borealis to advance two key projects that will expand their joint petrochemical acti...

Reliance Industries' Dahej unit expansion project gets environmental approval

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has received environment clearance for expansion and debottlenecking of its Dahej petrochemic...

Braskem awards EPC contract to Linde for polypropylene line in La Porte, Texas

Braskem, the largest thermoplastics resins producer in the Americas, announced that The Linde Group, a world-leading gases and engineering company, has been selected as the lead engine...

Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. selects Honeywell Technology for new complex in Alberta

Honeywell announced that Canada Kuwait Petrochemical Corp. (CKPC) has chosen Honeywell UOP's C3 Oleflex™ technology to produce 550,000 metric tpa of polymer-grade propylene a...

Manufacturing efficiencies in wind turbine blades

Demand for wind blades continues to grow and top manufacturers and turbine makers will be talking about their latest developments at the conference on Wind Turbine Blade Manufacture 20...

Dow to invest US$100 mln in facility to produce polymers for coatings and water-treatment applications in KSA

US-based Dow Chemical Company has announced plans to construct a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to produce a range of polymers for coatings and water-treatment application...

Major beverage player in West Africa with 5 production lines of Sidel

In 2013, Twellium took its first steps into the beverage market in Ghana with a PET line from Sidel. The company was incorporated on 4 February, 2013 and commenced production in Februa...

Recycling Polyester staple Fiber (RPSF) is prominent segment in recycling of PET

Plastic recycling refers to a process in which the discarded plastic is converted into reusable form. Discarded plastic can be rigid such as bottles, and containers; or non-rigid such ...

Complete system for manufacture of inherently dissipative polymers (IDP)

A complete system for IonPhasE Oy for the manufacture of inherently dissipative polymers (IDP) has been implemented by Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart. The scope of supply included the entire...

Thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) products for graphics, signs and labels.

Petronas subsidiary inks EPCC contract to develop additional olefins storage facilities within Pengerang Integrated Complex

 Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) subsidiary PRPC Refinery & Cracker Sdn Bhd (PRPC RC) recently signed the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) con...