PetroChina's 1.2 million tonne per year Tarim ethylene plant started operating during the week ending Oct. 28, 2026, according to the chemXplore Weekly issue of Oct. 28.
The same week, BASF's Alkyl Polyglucosides (APG) production expansion in Cincinnati, Ohio started operating on Oct. 27. On the ammonia side, KBR won contracts to revamp AGF Nitrogen ammonia plants at SKW Piesteritz (Wittenberg, Germany) and LAT Nitrogen (Linz, Austria), both announced Oct. 22.
Also that week, Heidelberg Materials put its GeZero carbon capture and storage project in Geseke, Germany on hold as of Oct. 22. Eli Lilly began construction on a bioconjugate API and drug product plant in Goochland, Virginia, also on Oct. 22.
chemXplore reported that 10 projects moved during the week: four were announced, one reached FID, two started construction, two started operating and one was put on hold.
