The mega project is expected to include a 1.2 MMt/y ethylene unit; pyrolysis gasoline hydrogenation; aromatics extraction; and production facilities for butadiene, high-density PE, low-density PE, PE plastomers and elastomers, PP, and other derivatives, reports Chemical Week.

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has ranked Tata Chemicals as one of the top 25 most innovative Indian companies in the country. The leading company was awarded with the prestigious ‘CII Industrial Innovation Awards 2019’ in Delhi.

Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical has launched a 3.8-million-tonne-per-year reformer unit at its new refinery and petrochemical complex in China. The company claims that the plant is the world’s single-largest facility of its kind.

L&T Technology Services has won an EPCM contract by one of the leading plastics, chemicals and refining manufacturers for the expansion of an existing plant in Europe. The expansion work is expected to be carried out at the customer’s brownfield unit in Germany.

BASF increased sales and earnings in 2013 compared with the previous year. For the full year, sales rose by just under 3% to reach €74.0 billion. For 2014 the company is cautiously optimistic with regards to global economic development.

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has entered into a strategic framework agreement with Eni under which both the companies will explore opportunities in carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) and R&D across the oil and gas value chain. The move is in line with Adnoc’s sustainability goals.

BASF has inaugurated a new global Research and Development (R&D) Center at its Thane site in Navi Mumbai, India, focusing on organic synthesis, advanced process and formulation research, discovery chemistry for modern agricultural solutions, and molecular modelling.

Primus Green Energy announces that along with a global petrochemical company as a joint venture partner, it has commissioned a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study with IHI E&C International Corporation for a first of its kind natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas

Cefic, the European Chemical Industry Council, expects chemical production in the European Union to have declined by 1 % in 2019 compared to 2018. For 2020, chemical production is expected to stay on the same level as in 2019.

The new lines have been constructed at Sumitomo Chemical’s Chiba Works location with an aim to meet the growing demands of companies licensing its polypropylene and propylene oxide manufacturing technology.