That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

As a first step, they aim to convert 20,000 metric tonnes of plastic waste into crude oil annually. “Petroleum is arguably the only raw ingredient that can generate new, transparent plastic that ...

Scientists have found methods to convert plastic waste into valuable chemicals. One approach breaks plastics into olefins for ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste – more ... replacing oils derived from crude petroleum. The most commonly suggested ...

Over the next five years, advanced refineries are set to make giant strides in energy efficiency and digitisation.

Fran Scott visits a company that makes PVC to find out how you turn raw materials into plastic goods. She explains how crude oil is processed using fractional distillation, and uses a model to ...

The majority of our fuels and plastics are derived from oil. Crude oil can be separated into different fractions using fractional distillation. Combustion of fuels and the fire triangle A variety ...

The Chemicals segment produces and markets petrochemicals and plastics worldwide. The Refining segment Refines crude oil and other feedstocks into petroleum products such as gasoline, distillates ...