Processes and products related to upstream chemical production, including steam cracking and refining operations.
chemXplore tracks 238 projects in petrochemicals, of which 130 are active.
84 new construction, 28 expansion, 15 revamp / retrofit, and 2 conversion / repurposing.
Expected to start operating, per year; 45 of the active projects carry no start-up date yet.
Owners and developers: Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (7), Abu Dhabi National Oil Company Group (6), KazMunayGas (6), QatarEnergy (6), Sinopec (6), Eni S.p.A. (5)
Investors: Eni S.p.A. (6), TotalEnergies SE (5), China National Petroleum Corporation (4), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (4), Shell (4), XRG P.J.S.C. (4)
Contractors, licensors, and offtakers are recorded on 96 of these 130 projects For subscribers
Targeting: Natural gas (33), Crude oil (25), Carbon dioxide (14), Ethylene (14), Ethane (13), Hydrogen (12)
100% Sapukala deep-water block awarded; adjacent to major gas discoveries and covered by new seismic to speed evaluation.
Convert plastic waste into about 10,000 t/y of renewable aromatic oil and downstream benzene, phthalic anhydride and aromatics for circular supply chains; first plant operational early 2028.
€1bn Europe-wide auction for industrial process-heat decarbonisation; bidding opens early Dec 2026. Supports electrification, renewable heat and SMRs with a fixed premium per tCO2.
FID taken for Ima field offshore Bonny Island to feed NLNG Train 7; start-up 2028, plateau 350 MMscfd, single-platform 22 km tie-back, low-emissions design.
Sold 50% Na Kika interest and 100% Coulomb tieback for about $840m; effective date July 1, 2025; buyers are a Talos subsidiary and a Ridgewood affiliate.
Revap has produced 95,000 t of CAP Pro R asphalt using technical corn oil, a semi‑refined residual from corn ethanol processing sourced from Inpasa.
RFP open to AI vendors with generative AI, ML, data science and industrial deployment experience; Polish firms encouraged; details on Connect platform.
DEVO™ purification unit commissioned and operating at planned capacity in a new 100,000 t/y POE plant; system reduces residual volatiles while using less energy than alternatives.
Aligns businesses by role, assigns roles to six German sites, and shifts investment to Asia/Americas; launches growth projects in Canada and Slovakia, funded by cost cuts.
Fire-damaged crude distillation unit rebuilt with an 18 billion‑forint repair budget; phased restart and safety testing will begin, with production returning in October.
By country, the most active first.
The 8 with the most active projects, of 52 countries.