Petrochemicals

Petrochemicals

QatarEnergy secures $4.4 billion financing for Ras Laffan petrochemicals project

Oct. 10, 2023
QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LLC secured $4.4 billion financing for the Ras Laffan petrochemicals project, a world scale integrated polymers complex in Ras Laffan...
Photo from OMV AG.
Baystar Bay 3 PE plant in Pasadena, Tex.
Petrochemicals

TotalEnergies-OMV JV starts up long-planned Texas petrochemicals unit

Oct. 3, 2023
Bayport Polymers LLC (Baystar)—a 50-50 joint venture of OMV AG subsidiary Borealis AG and TotalEnergies SE—has commissioned a new polyethylene unit to more than double production...
Map from Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.
Location of Yanbu Saudi Arabia project.
Petrochemicals

Alujain lets contract for new petrochemical project at Yanbu

Sept. 28, 2023
Alujain National Industrial let a contract to Samsung Engineering to provide front-end engineering and design for new units to be installed as part of integrated propane dehydrogenation...
Photo from Gulf Coast Growth Ventures LLC.
Gulf Coast Growth Ventures LLC's Texas Gulf Coast ethane cracker and derivatives complex.
Energy Transition

bp to provide solar power to ExxonMobil-SABIC JV’s Texas olefins complex

Sept. 27, 2023
Gulf Coast Growth Ventures LLC has entered a deal to receive renewable power supplies for its Texas Gulf Coast ethane cracker and derivatives complex from bp's nearby Peacock ...
Photo from ExxonMobil Corp.
ExxonMobil's 584,000-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Baytown, Tex.
Petrochemicals

ExxonMobil completes chemical expansion at Baytown complex

Sept. 19, 2023
ExxonMobil has commissioned two new chemical production units at its 584,000-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex along the Houston Ship Channel in Baytown, Tex.,...