Adnoc and OMV have plans to combine Borouge and Borealis to establish a new firm, Borouge Group International. The newly formed company is also expected to acquire Nova Chemicals for 13.4 billion dollars, thus establishing the world’s fourth-largest polyolefins player.

Almost every sector around the world right from the chemical industry to the aviation industry are looking to decarbonize their operations. New technologies and even sustainable alternatives are being explored for this purpose. Renewable methanol or sustainable methanol is just one of these many new solutions that aims to slash and even eliminate carbon emissions for these sectors.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of August 2025’ from all over the world. Right from LG Chem and Enilive setting up Korea’s first HVO/SAF plant to the Algerian Government, Baladna, and GEA developing the world’s largest integrated dairy facility, find out all the projects making headlines here.

Saudi Arabia's CMDC has awarded a 15-million-euro contract to Thyssenkrupp Nucera for expanding its chlor-alkali plant in Jubail Industrial City. Under the terms of the contract, Thyssenkrupp Nucera will supply its energy-efficient and environmentally friendly membrane technology for the project.

Ceresana will be organizing the ‘Future of Bioplastics’, an online event on bioplastics from September 10-11, 2025. Experts from well-known and innovative companies will present insightful information on the innovations and trends, practical examples, and economic perspectives related to the biopolymers sector.

Carbon capture is one of the most important technologies for slashing carbon emissions from industrial plants and various players have introduced innovative separation technologies which plays a crucial role in carbon capture systems. Read on to know more about three prominent separation technologies in the market.

MOL Group has successfully completed another SAF and HVO production test at the Rijeka Refinery in Croatia. The pilot project was implemented in cooperation with Chevron Lummus Global with the aim of testing the co-processing of 5 % Pome with fossil feedstocks.

The defossilisation of basic chemicals holds considerable potential for the chemical sector’s sustainable transformation. A study by PwC Germany and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) demonstrates how to achieve this and outlines the investments required.

LG Chem and Enilive’s joint venture LG-Eni Biorefining has broken ground for Korea’s first hydrotreated vegetable oil and sustainable aviation fuel production plant in Seoul, South Korea. The project is expected to process approximately 400,000 tons of renewable bio-feedstock annually.

Vega introduced its Basic series of Vegapuls radar sensors in 2020. The sensors are compact, technologically superior and the 500,000th Basic radar sensor was recently delivered to a European company specializing in sustainable building materials.