Since the Covid-19 pandemic unfolded in 2020, the operators of chemical plants around the world have had no choice but to slash maintenance budgets as they grapple to adapt to new challenges, including strict social distancing measures put in place…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) and Atul successfully started production at Anaven, a new joint venture in Gujarat, India, that will help meet the rapidly growing demand in India’s agricultural, personal care and pharmaceutical markets. Anaven is India’s largest monochloroacetic acid…
RWE Renewables GmbH announced that its project partners GASCADE, Gasunie and Shell signed a declaration of intent to further intensify their collaboration on the AquaDuctus project. The AquaDuctus pipeline will transport green hydrogen from the North Sea directly to the…
Acron, one of the world’s largest producers of compound fertilizers based in Russia, and Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) completed the ammonia unit revamp project and successfully passed guarantee test runs to confirm the capacity of 2500 metric tons per…
The Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB), a leading economic indicator created by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com), rose 0.7% in April on a three-month moving average (3MMA) basis following a 1.1% increase in March and a 0.9% gain…
The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) fell 2.8% in March following a 3.9% decline in February and a 0.6% increase in January, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Chemical output fell in all regions…
U.S. specialty chemicals market volumes are experiencing a rebound following the winter storms, rising 3.1% in March, after a 4.5% decline in February, according to data from the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Of the 28 specialty chemical…
Honeywell announced that Anchorage Investments Ltd. will use Honeywell UOP’s C3 Oleflex technology to produce 750,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of polymer-grade propylene for its new Anchor Benitoite petrochemicals complex in Suez, Egypt, near the southern terminus of the Suez…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a master licensor contract by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim for its ethylbenzene, styrene monomer, ethylene dimerization and olefins conversion technologies. These four plants will be part of the expansion of an olefins production facility…
Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and Sonatrach Raffineria Italiana (SRI) have formed a Temporary Association of Companies (ATI) to collaborate on developing hydrogen production projects in Sicily, as part of the budding process for the Sicilian Regional Council's National High…