Project of the week
Borouge 4 Polyolefins Complex, Ruwais
Ruwais, United Arab Emirates · Commissioning & Start-up
Borouge 4 has reached mechanical completion of PE7, one of its two 700,000-tonne-a-year polyethylene plants, Borouge reported with its third-quarter results on 29 October.The new XLPE plant for power-cable materials,...
Milestones this week
- MOL Danube Refinery AV3 Unit Reconstruction, Százhalombatta (Hungary) Started operating · 30 October 2026
- HDF Energy BaseBlue Power 250 MW blue hydrogen-to-power plant, West Texas (United States) Announced · 29 October 2026
- Scatec Dandara Phase 1 569 MWp Solar PV and 100 MWh BESS, Qena, Egypt (Egypt) Construction started · 28 October 2026
- Syensqo Spinetta Marengo C6O4 fluorosurfactant production closure (Italy) Closed · 28 October 2026
- UPM Adhesive Materials Gujarat label-material coating factory (India) Announced · 28 October 2026
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Project and plant news
Energy
- ADNOC approves FID for Ruwais Diyab unconventional gas project ADNOC Ruwais Diyab Unconventional Gas Development, Abu Dhabi
- thyssenkrupp Steel: definitive revised funding decision for tkH2Steel thyssenkrupp Steel 2.5 Mtpa DRI Plant Duisburg
- MOL restarts AV3 crude distillation unit at Danube Refinery MOL Danube Refinery AV3 Unit Reconstruction, Százhalombatta
- Topsoe licenses SynCOR for HDF Energy’s 250 MW BaseBlue power project in Texas HDF Energy BaseBlue Power 250 MW blue hydrogen-to-power plant, West Texas
- KBR awarded detailed engineering contract for West Qurna‑1 gas capture BGC West Qurna-1 Gas Compressor Station 6 Low-Pressure Gas Capture
Biobased & Circular
- Eastman secures $375M DOE award to expand U.S. methanolysis recycling capacity Eastman Kingsport methanolysis debottlenecking (~30% increase)
- GC expands coconut-husk‑to‑biochar technology for community waste valorisation GC Urban (Bio)Char Coconut-Husk Biochar Pilot, Map Ta Phut
- Gasunie repurposes 60-km pipeline to gather biomethane Gasunie GTS Emmen–Ommen biomethane gathering pipeline conversion
- INA posts EUR 548m EBITDA in first nine months of 2026; Rijeka DCU operational INA Rijeka Refinery 10 MW Green Hydrogen Plant
- INERATEC's ERA T.H2 wins EU Innovation Fund support INERATEC/TERTU T.H2 ERA PBtL e-fuels plant, Blainville-sur-Orne
Basic Chemicals
- Sasol International Chemicals restarts ISOSIV paraffin unit in Italy Sasol ISOSIV Paraffin Unit Restart, Augusta, Italy
- Zhejiang Petroleum & Chemical's 1.2 Mt/yr CATOFIN PDH and the polypropylene outlook ZPC Zhoushan 1.2 Mtpa CATOFIN PDH Unit, Zhejiang
- Repsol commits €11.5bn to projects in Spain through 2030 Repsol Ecoplanta waste-to-methanol project in Tarragona
- thyssenkrupp Uhde to deliver FEED study for CF Industries' Courtright urea liquor upgrade CF Industries Courtright urea liquor upgrade and DEF expansion
- Clariant reports 5.6% local‑currency Q3 sales growth; confirms 2026 guidance ZPC Zhoushan 1.2 Mtpa CATOFIN PDH Unit, Zhejiang
Polymers
- Evonik expands Essen silicone platform with €52m plant and tank farm Evonik Essen Goldschmidtstrasse organomodified silicones plant and tank farm expansion
- Celanese Q3 2026 earnings beat and raises full-year outlook Celanese Nanjing Liquid Crystal Polymer (Vectra/Zenite) Polymerization Plant
- Borouge Q3: Volumes up 22% and positioned for stronger Q4 Borouge 4 Polyolefins Complex, Ruwais
- AkzoNobel expands North American powder coatings production with $60 million investment AkzoNobel Powder Coatings Expansion, Reading, Warsaw, Monterrey
- Syensqo stops C6O4 production at Spinetta Marengo Syensqo Spinetta Marengo C6O4 fluorosurfactant production closure
Agrochemicals
- Ma'aden/CNCEC‑INTL granulation unit achieves first production at Phosphate III Phase I Ma'aden Phosphate 3 Phase 1 Fertilizer Complex, Ras Al Khair and Wa'ad Al Shamal
- KBR posts Q3 FY2026 results and advances spin-off of Mission Technology Solutions SABIC AN Jubail Ammonia and Urea Complex
Specialties
- UPM to open first label-material coating plant in Gujarat, India UPM Adhesive Materials Gujarat label-material coating factory
Other projects
- Sinopec posts resilient Q1–Q3 performance with upstream breakthroughs Sinopec Jiyang crude oil production-capacity construction
Plants
- VYNOVA announces temporary production halt in Tessenderlo-Ham (BE) and pauses Beek( NL) restart amid severe energy price pressure Mazingarbe Vynova suspension-PVC (S-PVC), France
Also this week
- LyondellBasell agrees to sell former Houston refinery site to Valero
- Mitsui Chemicals invests in iOrganBio to advance human cell and organoid manufacturing
- SONATRACH, VNG AG and ICA-FINANCE sign MoU on methane MRV, emissions reduction and carbon finance
- Asahi Kasei and Power to Hydrogen sign MOU to commercialize AEM water electrolysis
- TotalEnergies and ADNOC Gas sign five‑year LNG supply agreement
- XRG to Acquire Shell's Interest in North West Shelf LNG Project
- INEOS Inovyn acquires UK's last ethylene dichloride asset at Runcorn
- Trafigura to invest over USD1 billion and supply crude for CVR Energy refinery buy
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