INEOS Exits Its Ethylene Joint Venture With Sinopec in Tianjin After Less Than Three Years, Pays $120mn Exit Fee

UK chemicals company INEOS has reportedly formally exited the ethylene joint venture it established with China’s Sinopec in Tianjin in 2023. The JV being exited is reportedly a 50:50-owned, 1.2-million-tonne-per-year ethylene cracker facility with total investment of about $7 billion, it is reported. Following the exit, Sinopec will reportedly hold the project entirely on its […]

PetroChina Advances 68.5 Billion Yuan Integrated Refinery-Petrochemical Complex in Dalian Changxingdao

China’s state-owned PetroChina is advancing a new integrated refinery-petrochemical complex on Changxingdao Island in Dalian, Liaoning Province, with a total investment of approximately 68.5 billion yuan (about $9.56 billion), it is reported. The project is also intended to gradually replace an existing aging refinery within the city of Dalian. The project centers on a new […]