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Start-up of the steam cracker at BASF’s Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China

First cracker worldwide to use 100% renewable energy to drive its main compressors

09-Jan-2026 - BASF has successfully commissioned the steam cracker at its newly built Verbund site in Zhanjiang in South China as scheduled. This is the first cracker in the world using 100 percent renewable energy to drive its main compressors (eDrives). As the heart of the Verbund, the steam cracker ...

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BASF commences production of the first products from the core of the Verbund at its Zhanjiang Verbund site

The entire core of the Verbund expected to be ready for startup by the end of 2025

10-Nov-2025 - BASF has successfully commenced production of the first products from the core of the Verbund at its Zhanjiang Verbund site in South China, marking a significant milestone in the company’s largest single investment project to date. “The extraordinary progress at our Zhanjiang Verbund site ...

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BASF, SABIC, and Linde celebrate the start-up of the world's first large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnace

Technology with the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to conventional steam crackers

19-Apr-2024 - BASF, SABIC, and Linde have inaugurated the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnaces. Following three years of development, engineering, and construction work, the regular operation of the demonstration plant is now ready to start at BASF’s ...

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BASF breaks ground on methyl glycols plant at Zhanjiang Verbund site in China

First fully backward integrated methyl glycols plant in China upon completion

22-Mar-2024 - BASF has broken ground on a methyl glycols (MG) plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new facility is designed with an annual capacity of 46,000 metric tons and aims to meet the rapidly growing demand for brake fluids in the region. The plant is scheduled to commence operations by ...

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Net-zero chemicals industry initiative relaunches as the Global Impact Coalition

The CEO-led chemical industry initiative, incubated by the World Economic Forum, has been relaunched

05-Dec-2023 - To drive the global chemical industry on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050, the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative, incubated and hosted by the World Economic Forum for more than three years, has now officially launched as the independent Global Impact Coalition. With a suite ...

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Aramco affiliate S-OIL to build one of the world's largest petrochemical crackers in South Korea

The $7 billion project aims to convert crude oil into petrochemical feedstock: Technology increases chemical yield and reduces operating costs

18-Nov-2022 - Aramco is making its biggest ever investment in South Korea to develop one of the world's largest refinery-integrated petrochemical steam crackers through its S-OIL affiliate, in line with the company's strategy to maximize the crude to chemicals value chain. The $7 billion Shaheen project aims ...

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BASF, SABIC and Linde start construction of the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces

Technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to conventional steam crackers

02-Sep-2022 - BASF, SABIC and Linde have started construction of the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. By using electricity from renewable sources instead of natural gas, the new technology has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions of one of the most ...

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BASF, SABIC and Linde join forces to realize the world’s first electrically heated steam cracker furnace

CO2 emissions could be reduced by up to 90% in future large-scale applications

25-Mar-2021 - BASF, SABIC and Linde have signed a joint agreement to develop and demonstrate solutions for electrically heated steam cracker furnaces. The partners have already jointly worked on concepts to use renewable electricity instead of the fossil fuel gas typically used for the heating process. With ...

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BASF and SINOPEC sign Memorandum of Understanding to expand cooperation in China

Partners intend to explore new business opportunities in battery materials

29-Oct-2018 - BASF and SINOPEC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijing to further strengthen their partnership in upstream and downstream chemical production in China. The partners intend to build an additional steam cracker and to further expand their existing 50:50 joint venture, BASF-YPC ...

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First plants of BASF-YPC expansion in Nanjing China come onstream

Steam cracker capacity increase completed

13-Oct-2011 - The first production facilities in the $1.4 billion expansion of BASF-YPC Company Limited have now begun operations. Along with the successful completion of the steam cracker expansion, the newly constructed butadiene extraction plant and the non-ionic surfactants plant are now operational."With ...

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