Steam crackers news

• The final opportunity to prevent Europe from off-shoring its industry, jobs, investments, and emissions - Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Chairman and Founder of INEOS
• Construction of the world's first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces begins in Ludwigshafen, Germany by BASF, SABIC, and Linde.
• Confirmation of Near Billion Pound Investment for Green Energy Plant at SABIC in Wilton, UK
• Expansion of Litvínov steam cracker with furnace in Czechia boosts petrochemical capacities at ORLEN Unipetrol
• McDermott Chosen for Licensed Modular Unit in Baltic Chemical Plant Polyethylene Project in Russia
• Commercial production of polymers using raw material derived from plastic waste begins at Wesseling, Germany by LyondellBasell.
• Lummus to provide Baltic Chemical Plant with 14 ethylene cracking furnaces
• Commercial-scale production of bio-based plastic from renewable materials announced by LyondellBasell and Neste
• Total Petrochemicals invests approximately 80 million euros in its Gonfreville Normandy platform located in Le Havre, France.
• Financial and Operational Targets for 2017-2021 Announced by MOL Group
• INEOS, ExxonMobil Chemical Limited, and Shell Chemicals Europe BV join forces to transport US shale gas-derived ethane from Grangemouth to the Fife Ethylene Plant in Scotland.
• OMV Finishes Upgrade of Butadiene Plant at Schwechat Refinery in Austria
• Sabic Cracker converts shale gas on Teesside Wilton, UK
• Upgrade of Hellenic Petroleum Refinery in Elefsina, Greece from 2008 to 2012
• OMV Expands Butadiene Production with Nearly EUR 30 Million Investment in Schwechat Refinery Location
• Latest milestones reached by Grangemouth's £300 million Survival Plan
• NIS initiates EUR 470m modernization of Oil Refinery in Pancevo with new units.
• Repsol YPF doubles production at its Petrochemical complex in Sines, Portugal with an investment of over 600 million euros.