The scale of US shale gas reserves is conjuring up scenarios that seemed unimaginable just a short time ago. Ammonia plants and crackers are now under construction in a country where the chemical industry appeared to be in terminal decline. Gold fever is currently gripping the plant engineering industry, and everyone wants to be first in line...

Construction begun for Ineos' and Sasol's joint venture high-density polyethylene (HDPE) manufacturing plant in in La Porte, Texas. The 470.000 tons/year production plant at the premises of Ineos' Battleground Manufacturing Complex will use the company's Innovene process technology under a license.

Vacuum tray dryer with the fast washing system for cleaning of all internal parts — Producers demand for their batch process best results, safety, ergonomics and flexibility. To secure this Italian expert for vacuum drying has equipped its vacuum tray dryer with a fast washing system and some other important innovations.

Technip is going to buy Zimmers Technology Business from Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions. This step will strengthen Group’s position as a technology provider to the petrochemicals industries.

The next generation: Bayer brings a TDI production with a new gasphase TDI phosgene reaction on stream. The company has invested some € 250 million at its chemical park in Dormagen, where the new technology replaces an aging conventional TDI site.

It is becoming increasingly important for the biopharmaceutical industry to reduce production costs. The development of the new sterilizing-grade filter, Sartopore Platinum, therefore focused on three main factors; filtration efficacy, process safety and cost effectiveness. The result was a filter cartridge featuring performance specifications that helped optimize processes and filter handling. This article describes the new technologies implemented in these filter cartridges and the added value users will experience when using it.

Fluor announced that Socar, a gas-processing project of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic, has selected Unipol PE Technology licensed by Univation Technologies for use in its world-scale 600 kta polyethylene plant to be built in Garadagh, Azerbaijan.

BASF announced plans to expand production capabilities at its Chattanooga plant to strengthen the company´s position as a supplier of emulsion polymers for the paper, paperboard and carpet industries in North America.

Exxon Mobil starts up a new 2.6 million tons per year steamcracker, the centerpiece of the company’s multi-billion dollar expansion project at its refinery in Singapore. With this large scale project, the company targets the production of specialty grade metallocene polymers in Asia...

Chevron Phillips Chemical has expanded its Tessenderlo plant in Belgium by debottlenecking its production unit for Ethyl Mercaptan (EM) and Tetrahydrothiophene (THT).