Petrochemicals

China started this week building a mega petrochemical and refining complex in east China’s Shandong province, local state media reported, four months after the $20 billion project received state approval. The Yulong project to be built in Yantai, Shandong, China’s hub for independent oil refineries, consists of a 400,000-barrel-per-day oil …

Saudi Aramco, which made the announcement Sunday, produced the fuel, which it does by converting hydrocarbons into hydrogen and then ammonia, and capturing the carbon dioxide byproduct. Japan will receive 40 tons of blue ammonia in the first shipment, Aramco said. Ammonia can be burned in thermal power stations without …

Production stood at 25 million tons during the period, adding petrochemical plants operated with a good capacity during the 5 months.

Head of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Behzad Mohammadi said the country’s petrochemical products basket is going to be more diversified by the Iranian calendar year of 1404 (starts on March 21, 2025). Mohammadi made the remarks in a ceremony for introducing the company’s new project director, Shana reported. The …

CEO of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Behzad Mohammadi said on Monday that the revenue has increased by 80% in the new Iranian year (started March 20). Some 17 new plans have opened, which has led to 60% increase in output capacities of petrochemical plants, said Behzad Mohammadi on a …

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh urged petrochemical plants and complexes to supply the downstream industries with the necessary raw materials for manufacturing products used for equipment and systems needed for containing the COVID-19 outbreak. “All petrochemical companies whose products are used as raw materials for the production of consumer goods …

The COVID-19 crisis has led to more than $3.4 billion in lost revenues for the U.S. ethanol industry, according to an economic analysis released by the Renewable Fuels Association. Based on the latest projections from the Energy Information Administration and the Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute, the RFA study …

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Iran planned to speed up implementation of petrochemical projects with the aim of increasing the capacity of propylene- colorless gas- production to three million tons in a year, said an official of the Oil Ministry on Sunday. Deputy Oil Minister Behzad Mohammadi made the remarks according to a report by …

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the country’s petrochemical production capacity is planned to cross 100 million tons per year by the end of the current fiscal (March 2021). Speaking to local radio, Zanganeh underlined the most important plans of his ministry this year, saying, “We must all take …