Under the terms of the agreement, Lummus and Braskem will focus on global licensing of commercial green ethylene technology in order to accelerate the use of bioethanol for developing chemicals and plastics. The initiative supports the carbon neutral circular economy.

The global industrial wearables market is projected to grow from 1.1 billion dollars in 2019 to 8.6 billion dollars by 2024, growing at a CAGR of 50.2 %. Many firms have developed smart solutions but are there any wearables specifically for the chemical and oil & gas industries? PROCESS Worldwide finds out…

Ebro Armaturen has introduced a butterfly valve that can be used in plastic pipes. Easy to remove, the valve can also be recycled as a single material and ensures easy, error-free assembly, maximum flow as well as optimal hygiene.

A new ethylene complex from Lyondell Basell and its Chinese joint venture partner has officially been put into operation. The petrochemical complex has started manufacturing the first end products with an annual capacity of 1.1 million tonnes of ethylene at the Panjin site in the northern Chinese province of Liaoning.

The Chinese robot company Chongqing Sevnce Technology exhibited an intelligent explosion-proof inspection robot at a recently held trade show in Iran. With an Ex d IIB T4 Gb China explosion-proof certification along with an IP65 waterproof and dustproof certification, the robot paves the way for digitization, intelligent, and safe industrial development in the oil & gas industry.

Nova Chemicals and Enerkem have plans to advance the commercialization of its chemical recycling technology by developing a pilot-scale reactor system that converts syngas produced from used, non-recyclable plastics to feedstocks for virgin-grade plastics.

Sekisui Chemical Co., INCJ, and Sekisui Bio Refinery Co. have completed the construction of a ‘waste-to-ethanol’ demo plant in Iwate, Japan which aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a technology which has the potential to convert ‘industrial waste into ethanol’ on a large scale.

BASF has added an additional production line to its existing facilities with an aim to expand its antioxidant production capacity in Singapore. The additional capacity will cater to the rapidly-growing Asia Pacific and Middle East markets.

Under a contract, China’s Shandong Eco Chemical Co. will license Versalis’ proprietary continuous mass technology for its 210 KTPY Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plant in China.

China is catching up in the fine chemcials sector. The communist state and party leadership in Beijing intends to use a series of targeted support measures to accelerate the development of the industry in order to become more self-sufficient towards foreign countries.