World Chemical News, May 2020, by chemwinfo
28 May 2020
European Pharmacopoeia certication
The corresponding certicate allowed SIBUR
For instance, a Serbian company
that is also a customer of SIBUR started producing
medical compounds for surgical masks
treating coronavirus patients.
The mask body is made from a medical compound
based on SIBUR's PVC and DOTP.
28 May 2020
Gazprom reports that progress of Amur GPP
construction project reaches 61.9 per cent
It was noted at the meeting that
the progress of the project is currently
At the first and second production trains of the GPP,
which are going to come onstream in 2021,
installation of the core equipment is completed,
process pipelines are being installed
and provided with thermal insulation,
and start-up and commissioning activities
The construction site of the Amur GPP
is located near the town of Svobodny
The plant will have a design capacity
of 42 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
the world's largest helium production facilities
up to 60 million cubic meters.
The plant will have six production lines,
with the first two lines slated
The remaining lines will be consecutively
put in operation before the end of 2024.
In addition to natural gas and helium,
the GPP will produce ethane, propane, butane,
Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk
is the project company for the Amur GPP project.
Construction management is carried out by
NIPIGAZ (part of the SIBUR Group),
42 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year.
Helium production: up to 60 million cubic meters per year.
Ethane production: around 2.5 million tons per year.
Propane production: around 1 million tons per year.
Butane production: around 500,000 tons per year.
Pentane-hexane fraction production: around 200,000 tons per year.
28 May 2020
bp licenses its latest generation PTA technology
to Dongying Weilian Chemical in China
Weilian Chemical is a subsidiary of
Dongying United Petrochemical Co., Ltd,
one of the leading manufacturers and distributors
of petroleum and petrochemical products in China.
Weilian Chemical intends to build
a 2.5 million tonnes per annum PTA production unit
at the Dongying Port Economic Development Zone
in eastern Shandong province, adding to
Dongying United Petrochemical’s existing
refineries and paraxylene (PX) facilities portfolio.
Weilian Chemical selected bp’s proprietary
PTA production technology for its new PTA unit
after a competitive, global bidding process
The design phase for the unit is underway
and is expected to be completed
during the first half of 2020.
First production is anticipated
by the second quarter of 2022.
BP Petrochemical technology (PCT)
World-leading technology enables each of our product lines
Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) and
low carbon PTA solution to manufacturers,
brand owners and their customers.
PTAIR® supports a carbon footprint of around 30%
lower than the average European PTA production.
28 May 2020
BASF and Red Avenue New Materials Group
have signed a joint agreement that grants
Red Avenue New Materials Group
the license to produce and sell
certified compostable aliphaticaromatic co-polyester
(PBAT) according to high BASF quality standards.
For that purpose, Red Avenue New Materials Group
will build a 60,000 metric tons PBAT plant
in Shanghai, using BASF`s process technology
in exchange for the access to raw material
from this plant which BASF will sell as ecoflex®.
Production at the new plant will start in 2022
and supply the market of biopolymers.
certified compostable and bio-based plastics
is expected to grow by around 15 percent per year.
With upcoming new laws and regulations
in a lot of countries enforcing
the use of compostable materials in
packaging, agricultural mulch films and bag applications,
the positive market development is expected to continue.
The BASF biopolymer ecoflex® was introduced
into the market in 1998 and is certified compostable
in accordance with DIN EN 13432 and ASTM D6400..
26 May 2020
Sinopec Hainan Rening & Chemical Co., LTD. (Sinopec)
will use the LyondellBasell Hostalen
The process technology will be used for
a 300 KTA high density polyethylene (HDPE) facility
to be built in Yangpu, Hainan Province, P.R. China.
The Hostalen ACP low-pressure slurry process technology
high performance, multi-modal HDPE resins
with an increased stiffness/toughness balance,
impact resistance and high stress-cracking resistance
used in pressure pipe, lm and blow-molding applications..
>>DOWNLOAD LYONDELLBASELL hdpe ACP BROCHURE
26 May 2020
Clariant to increase mild surfactants capacity
Clariant’s global production network of
isethionates mild surfactants –
• Supports personal care brands and formulators
as consumers look for new mildness and hygiene claims
in applications such as syndet beauty bars,
body washes and cream shampoos
• Additional capacity available early 2021
As a global expansion, the investment targets
capacity increase and general modernization
Tarragona (Spain) manufacturing sites.
The general asset modernization will optimize
energy consumption and also aggregate options
for new SI grades (different Carbon-chains)..
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26 May 2020
Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE) today announces
the European Commission’s Directorate-General
For Trade seeking Anti-Dumping duties
Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)
from Korea Petrochemical Industry Co., Ltd.
22 May 2020
Clariant’s CATOFIN™ catalysts selected by
Advanced Petrochemical Company (APC)
for another PDH plant in the Middle East
• Advanced Global Investment Co., subsidiary of APC,
at new propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant
• Clariant’s CATOFIN catalysts and
McDermott’s Lummus Process technology
chosen due to excellent performance
at APC’s existing propylene plant
• CATOFIN Technology is proven to greatly
enhance productivity and overall profitability
17 May 2020
CNOOC, SHELL and HUIZHOU GOVERNMENT
sign agreement to further expand
petrochemical complex in China
The expansion is planned to serve
intermediate and performance chemicals customers
in the key market of China, supplying products
including SMPO, polyols, ethylene glycol,
polyethylene and polypropylene.
a wide range of end products, in healthcare,
construction, fabrics, packaging,
For the first time in Asia, Shell would apply
its advanced technology for linear alpha olefins.
The project is intended to include construction
of a new 1.5 million-tonnes-per-year
ethylene cracker, with the mega-site
and enhanced competitiveness..
15 May 2020
>>DOWLOAD OQ COMPANY PRESENTATION
Oxea has officially changed its corporate name to
as a token of its final integration into
the newly formed energy company OQ.
Complementing the name change is
reflecting the potential of the group, and
OQ aims to become a global leading energy company
and offers a diversified product mix,
including energy, polymers, and oxo chemicals..
12 May 2020
Sinopec Puts Its 16 Meltblown Non-Woven Fabric Lines
Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre Co Ltd,
a subsidiary of Sinopec in Jiangsu Province,
put its 12th meltblown non-woven fabric production lines
Sinopec has now completed the construction
of all its 16 meltblown non-woven fabric production lines
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After the full operation of the 16 production lines
and together with Sinopec's joint venture enterprises
seven tonnes of meltblown non-woven fabric every day,
the daily production capacity of the company
is expected to reach 37 tonnes, and
its annual production capacity will exceed 13,500 tons,
enough to make 13.5 billion medical face masks.
The meltblown non-woven fabric is
the filtering layer in the middle part of the mask
to absorb dust, bacteria and pollen.
Faced with a market shortage of mask materials
during the coronavirus outbreak, Sinopec decided
non-woven fabric production lines,
with four in Sinopec Beijing Yanshan Petrochemical Co.
and 12 in Sinopec Yizheng Chemical Fibre Limited.
It took only 76 days to construct
the world's largest meltblown non-woven fabric
production base from the commencement
on February 24 to full operation on May 9, 2020..
12 May 2020
Aramco announces first quarter 2020 results
First quarter net income: $16.7 billion
First quarter free cash flow*: $15.0 billion
Gearing* ratio of -4.9% reflects further strengthening
Dividends of $13.4 billion paid in the first quarter,
in respect of Q4 2019 Dividends of $18.75 billion
to be paid in the second quarter,
Low upstream costs and sustaining capital
provide significant flexibility
9 May 2020
China's leading energy and chemical company,
has put China’s largest petrochemical port
into operation with the successful docking
and unloading of the New Renown,
Crude Oil Tanker (VLCC) from the Middle East.
at the new 300,000-ton crude oil terminal
of Sinopec Zhongke Refinery Port,
the company’s industry-leading
“front terminal, rear plant” production model.
8 May 2020
Celanese Corporation has recently signed
for a long-term commercial agreement with
Anhui Wanwei Group Co., Ltd., (Wanwei),
Celanese’s green technology-based,
ethylene-based vinyl acetate monomer (VAM)
to support approximately 50 percent
of the company’s captive product
needs in the manufacture of chemicals, fibers,
and new material in Anhui Province, China.
Under the terms of the agreement,
the China Petroleum and Chemical Industry
an environmentally sustainable product.
(https://www.celanese.com/news-media/2020
/January/vam-green-technologyaward-china)
low content of heavy components
The designation by the CPCIF was listed in
the Directory for Petrochemical Green
7 May 2020
INOVYN to play vital role in ambitious
to produce sustainable methanol
Methanol is an essential multi-purpose raw material
for the chemical industry, with many applications
methanol is produced using fossil based raw materials,
which emits carbon dioxide from the process.
The new ‘Power to Methanol’ project at Antwerp,
being announced today, would produce
generated from renewable electricity.
A planned industrial-scale demonstration unit
would produce 8,000tpa of sustainable methanol
8,000tpa of CO2 emissions every year.
6 May 2020
LANXESS robust in first quarter of 2020
Group sales amounted to EUR 1.704 billion
in the first quarter of 2020, down only slightly
on the previous year’s figure of EUR 1.738 billion.
Net income from continuing operation
declined by 27.6 percent from EUR 87 million
EBITDA margin pre exceptionals at 14.4 percent
Strong liquidity position increased
to around EUR 3 billion following Currenta sale
Guidance for full year adjusted:
EUR 800 million to EUR 900 million
6 May 2020
the world’s largest licensor of polyolen technologies,
Advanced Global Investment Company (AGIC)
has selected LyondellBasell’s leading
for a new world scale facility.
The process technologies will be used in
AGIC’s polyolen production assets
in Jubail Industrial City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
using LyondellBasell’s benchmark
using LyondellBasell’s leading
6 May 2020
BASF's premium refinish brand, Glasurit®,
continues to be a recommended supplier
of paint solutions for BMW in 44 markets
around the world where the car company operates.
In 2020, Glasurit is approved for
refinish paint repairs of BMW and
Mini cars at all BMW authorized dealers
As part of the complete offer to BMW,
Glasurit offers a range of digital color management tools,
including the integrated Color Profi System.
Millions of color formulas can be reproduced quickly,
Glasurit's RATIO Scan 12/6 next generation
which precisely measures and optimizes
the color on the car and quickly and easily.
The markets and regions where BMW recommends
Glasurit automotive refinish paints
• Taiwan • Hong Kong • Thailand • Malaysia
• Singapore • Vietnam • Indonesia
CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemical Company Limited
Axens’ ParamaX® Technology Suite
for its petrochemical complex expansion
The project aims at increasing
CHPCL’s high-purity aromatics production capacity
The new aromatics complex will produce
1,500,000 tons per year of para-Xylene
Axens offered its second generation
of the energy-efficient ParamaX® Suite
of technologies for the cost-effective production of
para-Xylene, benzene and mixed xylenes
from aromatic-rich reformate and pyrolysis gasoline.
The ParamaX® Technology Suite is a combination
of top-of-the-line processes aimed at
the production of high-purity para-Xylene
and other aromatic molecules such as
meta-Xylene, ortho-Xylene, Benzene and Toluene.
>>DOWNLOAD AXENS PARAMAX BROCHURE
more than 30 ParamaX® aromatics complexes
and more than 400 process units
aimed at aromatics production or transformation..
4 May 2020
King Rama X's Coronation Day Anniversary
“I shall continue, preserve, and build upon
the royal legacy and shall reign with righteousness
for the benefit and happiness of the people forever,”
The king said in his first royal command
on May 4, 2019
The day of 4 May marks the coronation anniversary
of His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn
the tenth monarch of the Royal House of Chakri,
1 May 2020
>>VIEW LYONDELLBASELL Q1 2020 PRESENTATION
LyondellBasell Reports First Quarter 2020 Earnings
Net Income: $0.1 billion, $0.5 billion excluding LCM
Diluted earnings per share: $0.42 per share,
EBITDA: $0.6 billion, $1.1 billion excluding LCM,
resilient performance in a challenging market
Launched production at our 500,000 ton U.S.
Gulf Coast high-density polyethylene plant
using LyondellBasell's next-generation
Expanding our presence in China
an integrated olens and polyolens joint venture
with Bora using LyondellBasell's polyolen technologies
Safely operating major facilities
as an essential industry supporting society's needs
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