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Two Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors have reportedly entered commercial operation and grid connection in China — Taipingling Unit 2 in Guangdong on August 3, and Changjiang Unit 3 in Hainan connecting to the grid on August 1.

A coal-to-olefins upgrade demonstration project by Sinopec’s Great Wall Energy Chemical in Jungar Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, is set to break ground in August 2026, integrating wind- and solar-based green hydrogen and power.

SABIC Agri-Nutrients has received feedstock allocation approval from Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy for its 7th complex in Jubail, expected to raise SABIC’s annual urea capacity from about 4.8 million to 7.4 million tons.

A large-scale coal chemical project producing methanol and polyolefins is set to break ground on August 21 in Jungar Banner, Ordos, Inner Mongolia, with total investment of about RMB 22 billion and green hydrogen/power integration.

China’s State Council executive meeting reportedly approved four nuclear power projects comprising a total of 8 new reactors on July 31, most applying Hualong One (HPR1000) technology, with total investment expected to reach RMB 160–170 billion.

Malaysia’s state-owned oil company Petronas has reportedly taken full ownership of PRefChem, the refining and petrochemical joint venture at the Pengerang integrated complex in Johor, after acquiring Saudi Aramco’s stake.

At the Huajin Aramco fine chemicals and feedstock project — a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Chinese partners — a 736,000-ton-per-year ethylbenzene unit and a 700,000-ton-per-year styrene unit reportedly held a mechanical completion ceremony on July 2 and entered pre-commissioning.

OQ and KPI signed a new business development agreement on February 3 to continue the Duqm petrochemical complex project after SABIC’s withdrawal, with project cost discussed at $8-10 billion.

Hengyi Petrochemical announced plans to build a 2.4-million-ton-per-year coal-to-gas monoethylene glycol project in Xinjiang’s Turpan, with total investment of RMB 25.7 billion.

China’s Datang Group has resumed construction on a large coal-to-gas project in Fuxin, Liaoning Province, suspended for about a decade, citing energy security amid coal oversupply and Middle East gas supply disruptions.

PetroChina has made a Final Investment Decision for a new $9.6 billion refining and petrochemical complex on Changxing Island, Dalian, centered on a 200,000 bpd refining unit and 1.4 million ton/year ethylene unit.

Gansu Juhua New Materials, a Zhejiang Juhua Group subsidiary, has begun commissioning on its integrated silicon-fluorine new materials project in Yumen, Gansu’s largest single industrial investment.