Petrochemical | 27 March 2022

Groupe ADP, GMR, Airbus, Axens and Safran to conduct joint study on SAF in India

Objective of the study, conducted under the lead and coordination of Groupe ADP and GMR Airports and with the expertise of all partners, is to understand and evaluate the demand, the challenges and opportunities of supply, infrastructure and fueling, as well as to prepare a business case for SAF production and use in India for all kind of aviation purposes

Petrochemical | 27 March 2022

Braskem, Sojitz to form JV for bio-based monoethylene glycol

The joint venture will combine Braskem’s expertise in the industrial production and sale of chemicals and plastics made from renewable sources with Sojitz’s strong presence in Asia, a region that concentrates 80% of the global MEG market and where its consumption registered the highest growth

Petrochemical | 27 March 2022

SHV Energy and LanzaTech partner to pioneer renewable propane

The collaboration will further expand LanzaTech’s existing CCT technology and synthetic biology platform, which transform waste carbon into sustainable fuels and other materials such as fabrics, packaging, and other products

Petrochemical | 26 March 2022

Oil price increase negative for oil marketing companies: ICRA

Graded price increases of auto fuels would prolong losses for the oil marketing companies

Petrochemical | 25 March 2022

Arlanxeo increases EPDM capacity in China

Company has increased annual capacity by 15% at Changzhou

Petrochemical | 25 March 2022

Indian Oil to build Rs.1459 crore butadiene rubber plant in Panipat

The plant will have a PBR production capacity of 60,000 tonnes per annum

Petrochemical | 25 March 2022

CBD Global Sciences to acquire Pure BioPlastics

Pure BioPlastics's CCR technology is feedstock agnostic which is able to process diverse biomass feedstocks into sugars and lignin to produce bioplastic intermediates

Petrochemical | 25 March 2022

ExxonMobil LAO plant progresses toward commercial start-up by mid-2023

When fully operational, the new facility will have the capacity to produce approximately 350,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of LAO

Petrochemical | 22 March 2022

Tokuyama receives international certifications for biomass fuels

Tokuyama is promoting the use of biomass as a fuel for its private power plants

Petrochemical | 22 March 2022

Evonik to build new production plant for high-performance foams in Darmstadt

The first new production plant will start operation in April 2022, and further plants will follow over the course of the year

Petrochemical | 21 March 2022

Petronas Chemicals, partners collaborate on driving plastic recycling projects in Malaysia

Under the MoU, KDEB Waste Management and One Biosys will supply plastics waste that consists of PE, PP, PET to PCG for the production of circular products

Petrochemical | 21 March 2022

BASF partners with REEF Technology on plastic recyclate materials

Under the agreement, BASF will provide its additive solutions along with technical consultancy and support for recycled polymer formulations

Petrochemical | 20 March 2022

Honeywell launches technologies to increase ethylene production from naphtha crackers

IOS provides customers the ability to improved return on investment (ROI), increase operating profits, opportunity to reduce carbon dioxide footprint and increase the level of control over by-products

Petrochemical | 20 March 2022

OMV aims carbon neutrality by 2050, focus on chemicals, materials business

Company will shift towards low-carbon business; stop oil & gas production for energy by 2050

Petrochemical | 18 March 2022

Numaligarh refinery to invest Rs. 6,555 crore on PP project

NRL's parent company Oil India has approved the PP project at Numaligarh, Assam

Petrochemical | 17 March 2022

CIMC Enric, Maersk to collaborate on biomass green methanol project

The two sides have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) online to explore long-term cooperation in the clean energy field with a focus on green methanol

Petrochemical | 16 March 2022

Infrastructure and incentives can convert petrochemical opportunity into reality

There are opportunities and demand in India but for these to turn into reality, we shall require new initiatives and interventions from both state and central governments

Petrochemical | 16 March 2022

Asahi Kasei partners Genomatica for bio-HMD production

The strategic alliance with Genomatica provides Asahi Kasei with preferential rights to access the early volume of bio-HMD to evaluate the possibility as a feedstock of polyamide 66, enabling Asahi Kasei to accelerate trials of polyamide 66 made using biomass-derived intermediate

Petrochemical | 16 March 2022

Mitsubishi Chemical and Toyota Tsusho to study ethylene, propylene, derivatives production from bioethanol

Both companies will investigate the market need for bioethylene, biopropylene, and their derivatives and conduct a concrete feasibility assessment with an aim to commercialize by 2025