Petrochemicals

ExxonMobil's Baton Rouge petrochemical complex.

Exxon sued by US after five nooses found at Louisiana plant

03/03/2023

By Bloomberg

The US government sued Exxon Mobil for racial discrimination against a Black employee after the company allegedly failed to adequately respond to the appearance of five hangman’s nooses at a Louisiana petrochemical plant over several years.

Petrochemicals

KBR to study green hydrogen in Trinidad and Tobago

22/12/2021

By Ed Reed

KBR will carry out a study on green hydrogen in Trinidad and Tobago, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Petrochemicals

Trafigura, Braskem ship first carbon neutral naphtha cargo

26/04/2021

By Ed Reed

Trafigura and Braskem have teamed up to deliver the world’s first cargo of carbon-offset naphtha.

Sasol expects a good performance in its results, although EBITDA will fall, amid South Africa's lockdown and its impact on fuels.

Refining

Sasol upbeat on profit expectations

29/01/2021

By Ed Reed

Sasol expects to post strong results for the second half of 2020, while adjusted EBITDA will drop by as much as 10%.

Sasol has started up the LDPE unit at its Lake Charles complex, the last piece of the puzzle, although there were some hurricane-related delays.

Petrochemicals

Sasol starts up last piece of Lake Charles

16/11/2020

By Ed Reed

Sasol’s low-density polyethylene (LDPE) unit in Louisiana has reached beneficial operation, the last part of the Lake Charles Chemicals Project (LCCP) to start up.

Events

Prevention of corrosion, scaling and fouling

13/11/2020

By ProSep

Novel injection, dispersion & mixing technology combats refinery corrosion