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
- LNG Canada Phase 2 Expansion, Kitimat (Canada) Reached FID · 29 September 2026
- GEN-H Sunila 200-300 MW Methane Pyrolysis Balancing Plant (Finland) Announced · 29 September 2026
- Mesabi Metallics Iowa Steel Complex (United States) Announced · 28 September 2026
- Genentech Hillsboro Device Fill-Finish Facility Expansion (United States) Construction started · 28 September 2026
- SOCAR TotalEnergies XRG Absheron Full Field Development, Azerbaijan (Azerbaijan) Reached FID · 26 September 2026
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Project and plant news
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
- 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
- OMV Petrom and Romgaz target first gas from Neptun Deep in H1 2027 OMV Petrom Neptun Deep Natural Gas Development
- Fortescue and Metso produce first hot metal at Christmas Creek Green Metal Project Fortescue Christmas Creek Green Metal Project
Biobased & Circular
- SkyNRG selects Technip Energies, Sasol and Topsoe for Project Wigeon FEED SkyNRG Walla Walla Project Wigeon SAF Facility
- Avantium starts up Delfzijl FDCA Flagship Plant with first FDCA batch produced Avantium FDCA Flagship Plant at Delfzijl
- Uniper and Arcadia eFuels agree 40,000 t/y eSAF offtake for Project Endor Arcadia Vordingborg e-Fuel Project Endor
- ProLogium advances Dunkirk gigafactory infrastructure and localization ProLogium Dunkirk Gen4 Solid-State Battery Gigafactory
- Haltermann Carless and INERATEC to scale e‑fuels via ERA T.H2 T.H2 ERA PBtL Plant Normandy
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
Petrochemicals
- INEOS marks 10 years of US ethane supply to Grangemouth INEOS Grangemouth US Ethane Supply Project
Pharma
- Genentech breaks ground on $750M Hillsboro device fill-finish expansion Genentech Hillsboro Device Fill-Finish Facility 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
- Nippon Shokubai and PURMX test Fol‑Dab8 DDS with naturally occurring microRNA
- 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
- AFYREN and Terrial renew partnership for French potash fertilizers
- Chugai and InxMed sign worldwide license for SPYK04
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