
Trafigura enters into petrochemical trading joint venture
Trafigura Group is being joined by executives from the petrochemical industry in creating two new petrochemical trading entities.
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Clariant’s new catalyst, for selective oxidation of ortho-xylene to phthalic anhydride, has been successfully started up in the Petrowidada in Indonesia.

To meet growing customer demand, BASF will increase the capacity for alkylethanolamines by 20% at its Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

Braskem has signed an agreement with Siemens to modernise a cogeneration power and steam plant at its petrochemical complex in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

HRRL has selected Axens to supply technology for its new integrated refinery and petrochemical complex in Pachpadra Tehsil, India.

Wood Mackenzie believes that Saudi Aramco is demonstrating its ambition to transform into an international oil and gas powerhouse.

Azelis Americas will be the national distributor for polyurethane chemicals in the US and Canada.

A new report from ICIS suggests that ‘big oil’ in the Middle East will boost the global petrochemicals footprint.

Advancing its integrated refining and petrochemicals business, Aramco gains access to SABIC’s 62 million tpy petrochemicals capacity.

The upscaling follows the trend of increased investment in the global petrochemicals industry.