Lummus Technology

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FEED EPC Investor / Financier Technology licensor Technology / equipment supplier

projects tracked
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active
7
countries
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partner company
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Lummus Technology is a global licensor and engineering company serving the energy and chemical industries. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, it provides process technologies, catalysts, proprietary equipment, and lifecycle services for petrochemicals, refining, gas processing, and emerging low‑carbon and circular solutions.

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The company’s portfolio includes technologies for ethylene steam cracking, polypropylene (Novolen), on‑purpose propylene via dehydrogenation (CATOFIN), alkylation (CDAlky), aromatics, and other downstream processes. Lummus supports customers from concept and basic engineering through revamps, optimization, and digital solutions, and maintains a large installed base worldwide. Lummus is owned by investment firms The Chatterjee Group and Rhône Capital.

Projects Lummus is involved in

chemXplore tracks 9 projects involving Lummus, of which 7 are active.

  1. 2 projects Announced / Concept
  2. none FEED / Pre-FID
  3. none FID / Sanctioned
  4. 5 projects Under Construction
  5. none Commissioning & Start-up

Besides these 7, the record holds 1 completed project and 1 cancelled.

Active projects

Closest to start-up first.

  • InnoVent Renewables Monterrey tyre pyrolysis expansion
    Announced / Concept Mexico Investor / Financier

6 more active projects and the 2 that are completed, on hold or cancelled are in the record. See all 9 in chemXplore →

What moved recently

  • January 2026 InnoVent Renewables Monterrey tyre pyrolysis expansion · Announced / Concept · Mexico

Lummus in chemical industry news

10 September 2026
Clariant awarded CATOFIN supply for 1.2 Mtpa PDH unit in China

CATOFIN catalyst and HGM ordered for a 1.2 Mtpa licensed PDH unit in Zhejiang to produce propylene for petrochemical derivatives.

27 August 2026
Ammobia and Lummus to commercialize modular low‑capex ammonia (Haber‑Bosch 2.0)

Partnership to deploy a lower‑temperature, lower‑pressure modular ammonia process via established engineering and project delivery to serve maritime fuel, energy storage and power markets.

6 August 2026
Shell Catalysts & Technologies sells Environmental Catalysts & Systems assets to Lummus Technology

IP and personnel for an emissions-control business have been sold; portfolio includes DeNOx tech that can cut NOx >98–99%, with 30+ years of deployment and 300+ customers; transition support arranged.

31 July 2026
KazMunayGas and Sinopec review joint projects

2D (900 km) and 3D (300 km2) seismic work ahead of a 7,000 m ultra‑deep well; 1.25 MMtpa PE plant >34% complete; Aktobe output target 800 Kt by 2028; CCUS working group proposed.

29 July 2026
Silleno delivers project's largest fractional column

A 101.8 m, 1,500 t fractional column for ethylene separation arrived on site, built at AtyrauNefteMash and moved on an SPMT to the National Industrial Petrochemical Technology Park.

29 July 2026
SABIC Q2 2026 revenue $6.62bn; earnings fall

Q2 sales fell 5% Q-o-Q; adjusted EBITDA SAR 3.38bn; H1 dividend SAR 3.3bn; Fujian complex start-up expected Q4 2026.

24 June 2026
Air Liquide invests €70M in Kazakhstan to supply Silleno polyethylene plant

€70M project to build two large, high‑purity nitrogen units at NIPT SEZ to support Silleno’s world‑scale polyethylene plant; commissioning targeted end‑2028.

22 May 2026
PRC Europe 2026: Downstream leaders focus on decarbonisation in Amsterdam

Delegates debated turning ambitions into bankable projects: hydrogen integration, SAF, refinery synergies, circular feedstocks, recycling tech, digitalisation and execution risk

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