12 September 20239 September 2023 BASF breaks ground on syngas plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China Fully integrated into the Zhanjiang Verbund site. Innovative process technologies significantly reduce direct CO₂ emissions. World-scale syngas production facility expected to start up in 2025
27 June 202322 June 2023 Production assets may be up for sale, repurposing, or closure as the oil major targets net zero by 2050 As Shell proceeds with its Energy Transition initiative that will see it become more of a natural gas giant than an oil major, its petrochemical assets in Singapore have come under the spotlight, with talk of divestiture, “repurposing,” or even closure if a suitable buyer or buyers cannot be found
2 January 202321 December 2022 PETRONAS, Eni and Euglena to Explore Biorefinery Opportunity in Malaysia Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS), Eni S.p.A (Eni) and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Euglena) today announced that they are jointly studying the possibility of developing and operating a biorefinery in the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC), one of the largest integrated refinery and petrochemical developments in Southeast Asia
15 December 202212 December 2022 Initiative to slow new plastic resin capacity through permitting introduced in U.S. Congress Legislators from the Democratic Party representing some U.S. coastal states introduced in early December 2022 a bill named Protecting Communities from Plastics Act that aims at tighter controls on permitting for future plastic production capacity, new or expanded
26 August 202216 August 2022 WACKER präsentiert auf der K 2022 biomethanolbasierte Fest- und Flüssigsiliconkautschuke Auf der 22. internationalen Fachmesse für Kunststoff und Kautschuk K 2022 stellt WACKER erstmals Siliconkautschuke für Industrieanwendungen vor, deren Vorprodukte auf pflanzlichen Rohstoffen basieren
29 April 202228 April 2022 Enerkem, Nova chart new path from waste plastic to Circularity Four storylines this month compel attention to the useful products now available from renewable syngas. Some are of everyday usefulness, some are stories of meeting urgent need
20 September 202116 September 2021 Braskem and SCG Chemicals to study joint investment into bio-based ethylene production for bio-based polyethylene in Thailand Brazilian petrochemichals company Braskem SA said it has signed an agreement with SCG Chemicals to consider a joint venture to invest in a bioethanol dehydration plant in Thailand
15 November 201914 November 2019 Synthetic Biology and Genome-Editing Tools for Improving PHA Metabolic Engineering Wild-type or weakly engineered bacteria are insufficient to meet demands for improved PHA structures and low production cost
22 February 201921 February 2019 Biotech startup turns palm waste into high-value chemicals Japan's GEI sees a market in making plantations more profitable and sustainable