Project of the week
BioBTX Delfzijl PETRA Circular Aromatics Plant
Delfzijl, The Netherlands · FID / Sanctioned
BioBTX and Rain Carbon have formed a strategic collaboration to convert the circular aromatic oil from the Delfzijl plant into benzene, phthalic anhydride and other derivatives that meet fossil-based quality...
Milestones this week
- Shandong Lianmeng NX STAMI Urea Plant, China (China) Entered FEED · 30 September 2026
- Air Liquide Southern Japan Semiconductor Ultra-Pure Gases Project (Japan) Reached FID · 30 September 2026
- Elkem Rana Ferrosilicon Furnace Revamp (Norway) Reached FID · 30 September 2026
- Metso Sala slurry pump test rig and warehouse expansion (Sweden) Commissioning started · 30 September 2026
- SOCAR TotalEnergies XRG Absheron Full Field Development, Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan) Reached FID · 26 September 2026
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Biobased & Circular
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- Uniper and Arcadia eFuels agree 40,000 t/y eSAF offtake for Project Endor Arcadia eFuels Project ENDOR eSAF Plant, Vordingborg
- ProLogium advances Dunkirk gigafactory infrastructure and localization ProLogium Dunkirk Gen4 Solid-State Battery Gigafactory
- Trinseo, Lapo and laprima plastics advance PMMA depolymerization recycling for eyewear Trinseo Rho PMMA Depolymerization Pilot
Energy
- GEN‑H to build 200–300 MW zero‑emission balancing plant in Kotka using Hycamite methane pyrolysis GEN-H Sunila 200-300 MW Methane Pyrolysis Balancing Plant
- Fluor JV with JGC Selected for LNG Canada Phase 2 After FID LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion, Kitimat
- Shell approves final investment decision for LNG Canada Phase 2 LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion, Kitimat
- Chiyoda awarded FEED for Matsuura CO₂ liquefaction (J‑POWER & Kyushu Electric) J-POWER & Kyushu Electric Matsuura CCS Project
- JGC-Fluor JV receives NTP for LNG Canada Phase 2 after FID LNG Canada Phase 2 expansion, Kitimat
Basic Chemicals
- BioBTX and Rain Carbon to supply renewable aromatics BioBTX Delfzijl PETRA Circular Aromatics Plant
- Casale to supply 100 MTD modular green ammonia plant to Neptun in Glomfjord Neptun Glomfjord Green Ammonia Plant, Glomfjord
- Technip Energies to deliver license, PDP and FEED for Petkim's Aliağa petrochemical complex Petkim Aliağa Ethylene Cracker and Polyolefin Complex
- Essar-backed Mesabi Metallics $18B mine-to-mill US steel investment Mesabi Metallics Iowa steel complex
- thyssenkrupp nucera wins chlor‑alkali order from Hongniu Lanzhou Hongniu Lanzhou Chlor-Alkali Project, Lanzhou
Polymers
- Westlake to Close Cologne PVC Plant and Shift Production to Other German Sites Westlake Cologne PVC Plant Closure
Petrochemicals
- INEOS marks 10 years of US ethane supply to Grangemouth INEOS Grangemouth US Ethane Supply Project
Other projects
- North Sea Port: Optimising the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal after the New Lock North Sea Port Ghent–Terneuzen Canal Optimisation
Agrochemicals
- KBR Purifier® Selected for 3,500 MTPD Jubail Ammonia Plant (SABIC AN) SABIC AN Jubail Ammonia and Urea Complex
Pharma
- Genentech breaks ground on $750M Hillsboro device fill-finish expansion Genentech Hillsboro device fill-finish expansion
CDMO
- EIB and European Commission back VaxThera vaccine facility in Colombia VaxThera Rionegro Phase 2 Vaccine Facility Expansion
Also this week
- BASF confirms exploratory takeover talks for Evonik
- Novo Nordisk licenses Hengrui's once-weekly oral GLP‑1/GIP candidate HRS‑1596
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- CNPC-led ISO issues first international EOR standard
- Brenntag and dsm‑firmenich: global distribution for BYPHAR powered by Biond™
- Cheniere and Petrobras agree 22‑year LNG SPA for 0.8 mtpa
- Chugai and InxMed sign worldwide license for SPYK04
- LG Chem and Volkswagen Group partner on next‑gen lightweight and recycled automotive plastics
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