Today, the world is witnessing a deepening energy crisis. The Iran–US war has exposed the vulnerability of the global oil, gas, and petrochemicals industry. Its impact is not confined to one region—it has triggered a domino effect across continents.

Trillium has plans to launch the world’s first demonstration plant for bio-based acrylonitrile – ‘Project Falcon’ at Ineos Nitriles' Green Lake facility in Texas, USA. The company has raised 13-million-dollars for the project.

PROCESS Worldwide brings to you the ‘Top 10 plant engineering projects of June 2026’ from all over the world. Right from KBR’s technology being selected for Northern Europe’s largest SAF, e-SAF plant to Lubrizol and Grasim inaugurating a world-class CPVC resin plant in India, find out all the projects making headlines here.

BASF’s newly established Core Transformation Office drives the implementation of cross-unit transformation projects across all core businesses, service units and corporate center units. The program ‘Coreshift’ aims to achieve up to 20 % net cash fixed cost savings in the core by 2029, compared with the 2024 baseline.

The pilot plant has the capacity to recycle complex waste streams from end-of-life vehicles via chemical recycling in order to produce raw materials for new vehicle components such as foam for steering wheels.

With an aim to diversify from oil & gas – the gold of the Middle East – toward sustainability, the region is undergoing a bold and transformational shift. The plastics circular economy is one such initiative steadily gaining momentum across the Gulf. It not only addresses pressing environmental concerns but also unlocks new economic opportunities while reinforcing national visions such as Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, the UAE’s Circular Economy Policy, and Türkiye’s National Circular Economy Strategy.

Covestro has plans to invest in a new world-scale MDI production train at the Covestro Integrated Site Shanghai in China. Apart from this, the company is conducting a feasibility study for a plant of similar scale in the UAE.

Ucaneo recently inaugurated Germany's largest DAC facility in Berlin. The company partnered with Siemens to scale the electrochemical Direct Air Capture technology from industrial pilot to commercial scale.

Thyssenkrupp Nucera has designed and supplied a chlor-alkali plant for Kumho Mitsui Chemicals in Yeosu, South Korea. The company’s latest generation of e-Bitac v7 electrolyzer technology is currently being used by KMCI for improving its production process of Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate.

The groundbreaking ceremony of the Pacifico Mexinol project in Mexico marks the start of one of the most significant global industrial investments in blue and ultra-low carbon methanol.