Industry: Hydrogen

Interest in hydrogen as a fuel and source of energy is surging again.

In the November 2019 edition of the ADI newsletter, this newsletter highlighted a renewed focus on hydrogen as an energy source and noted shale producers’ efforts to reduce costs through “monster well pads.”

At the 2019 ADI Forum, Austin Knight, COO, Large Industries, Air Liquide, USA joined Uday Turaga, CEO, ADI Analytics on the downstream panel. In terms of capital investments, the focus was on expanding industrial gas networks (oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen) along the Gulf Coast, particularly in Texas and Louisiana. These networks connect various assets and customers, […]

At the 2019 ADI Forum, Austin Knight, COO of Large Industries, Air Liquide, discussed the company’s strategy for the energy transition and its impact on the future of clean energy. This included Air Liquide’s renewable commitments, such as a long-term power purchase agreement for wind energy in Texas. Knight also highlighted the role of hydrogen, […]

Recent months have brought increasing optimism for refiners, particularly in the U.S. Gulf Coast, Rockies, and Midwest. Capitalizing on this potential upturn necessitates operational excellence, capital discipline, and favorable market conditions.

My Turn – Dr. Balaji B. Singh – Specialties are Special The advanced nations with low projected polyolefins growth, the Middle East/China the future commodity players, ASEAN countries who are worried about the future impact of Chinese imports – everyone alike is focusing on specialties. Specialties as a means of product differentiation via innovation, R&D, […]

My Turn – Dr. Balaji B. Singh – Plan on attending the FlexPO2007 Polyolefins and Elastomers Conference October 17-19, 2007 where we are bringing together for the first time, the whole Polyolefins world to Bangkok to meet, exchange and plan for Global growth. For more information visit www.CMRHouTex.com Basell sells 50th Lupotech T technology license […]

My Turn – By Dr. Balaji B. Singh The Mood in Polyolefins Elastomer Organizations As a part of our work, we continue to keep our fingers on the pulse of the Global Polyolefins and Elastomers industry. The current mood in the industry, especially in the top Global organizations in North America, Europe, and Japan is […]

Sinopec selects Basell’s Lupotech® technology for the LDPE plant in China Basell announced that China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has selected Basell’s Lupotech T technology for a new 250 KT per year LDPE plant to be built at Maoming in Guangdong province, PRC. UHDE GmbH of Dortmund, Germany will be the engineering contractor for […]

ExxonMobil & Fujian Petrochemical to construct chemical complex Fujian Petrochemical Company Limited (a company owned 50 percent by China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and 50 percent by Fujian Government) (FPCL), ExxonMobil China Petroleum and Petrochemical Company Limited (ExxonMobil), and Aramco Overseas Company B.V. (Saudi Aramco) reached an agreement to jointly fund the front end […]

BP to sell over 50% of petrochemicals business and prepares for IPO BP announced that it plans to consolidate the Olefins and Derivatives (O&D) division of its petrochemicals business into a stand-alone entity able to operate separately from the BP Group. The new O&D business will incorporate more than half of the $13 billion of […]