Kazakhstan’s state-owned JSC NC KazMunayGas (KMG) subsidiary ANPZ LLP is repairing the fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) at its 100,000-b/d Atyrau refinery following the unit’s unplanned shutdown in early ...

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The US Gulf Coast may be getting a massive new petrochemical complex. The engineering firm KBR says it has signed an agreement to license its catalytic olefin and steam cracking technologies to an ...

Researchers from Kyushu University have shown that a zeolite material called Na-ZSM-5 is useful in enhancing the chemical conversion of biomass into olefins—a precursor chemical that is used to make ...

The Japanese firms Mitsui Chemicals, Microwave Chemical, and Chiyoda are collaborating on a new electrical route to ethylene. Microwave Chemical is developing a process, using microwave radiation, to ...