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17/09/2026Bahrain’s GPIC Awards Fluor FEED Contract for First Aromatics Plant at Sitra Complex

Bahrain’s state-owned petrochemical company GPIC (Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company) has awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract to US-based Fluor Corporation for the country’s first aromatics facility at its Sitra complex, it is reported. The contract was announced in July 2026. The FEED covers an expansion project that adds new aromatics units producing paraxylene […]

10/09/2026S-OIL Reaches FID to Adopt Axens’ Liquid Phase Xylene Isomerization Technology, Targeting Q2 2027 Start-Up

S-OIL has reached a final investment decision (FID) to adopt Axens’ liquid phase xylene isomerization (LPI) technology at its Aromatics Complex #1 in Ulsan, it is reported. The start-up target is reported as the second quarter of 2027. S-OIL and Axens signed a technology license agreement for this process in late 2024, and the project […]

08/09/2026Fluor Wins FEED Contract for Bahrain’s GPIC Aromatics Plant, Targeting 1.2 Million Tonnes of PX Annually

Fluor Corporation has reportedly won a front-end engineering design (FEED) contract for an aromatics plant belonging to Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) in Sitra, Bahrain. GPIC is a joint venture equally owned by Bapco Energies, SABIC, and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. The aromatics plant covered by this FEED contract will be a new addition to GPIC’s […]

01/09/2026Netherlands’ BioBTX Reaches Final Investment Decision for Delfzijl Circular Aromatics Plant

Dutch start-up BioBTX has reportedly reached a Final Investment Decision (FID) for its PETRA circular aromatics plant in Delfzijl. The plant is described as the world’s first commercial-scale facility to convert waste plastics into renewable aromatic oil, producing benzene, toluene and xylene (BTX), it is reported. The PETRA plant is reported to process 20,000 tonnes […]

01/09/2026Bahrain’s GPIC Awards FEED Contract to Fluor for New Aromatics Unit at Sitra Complex

Bahrain’s state-owned petrochemical company Gulf Petrochemical Industries Co. (GPIC) has reportedly awarded a FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) contract to U.S.-based Fluor Corp. for a new aromatics unit (para-xylene and benzene) at its Sitra complex. The new unit is planned with a capacity of 1.2 million tonnes per year of para-xylene and 500,000 tonnes per year […]

24/08/2026Netherlands’ BioBTX Takes FID on World’s First Commercial-Scale Circular Aromatics Plant

Dutch chemical startup BioBTX has taken a Final Investment Decision (FID) to build the world’s first commercial-scale circular aromatics plant in Delfzijl, it is reported. The investment is reported to exceed 80 million euros. The plant will use mixed waste plastics as feedstock to produce renewable aromatics such as benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX), it […]