Steam crackers news
Chemical industry news on steam crackers: new projects, updates, investments, involved companies and much more.
Celebration of the world's first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace start-up at Ludwigshafen demoplant in Germany by BASF, SABIC, and Linde
- Borealis invests EUR 4.5 million in steam cracker to increase use of circular raw materials at Porvoo site in Finland
- 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
Steam cracker projects
A map of Steam cracker projects that are planned or currently being executed.
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Scheduled completion
This chart shows how many Steam cracker projects in the European chemical industry are expected to be completed in the upcoming years.
- 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.
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Owners & Investors
Top 5 companies involved as owner and/or investor in current and planned Steam cracker projects:
SABIC, Borealis, TotalEnergies, BASF, and Linde.
