PetroChina's 1.2 million metric tons/year Tarim ethylene plant started up, according to the chemXplore weekly project tracker for the week ending October 28, 2026.
The tracker recorded 10 project movements in the week: four announcements, one final investment decision, two construction starts, two start-ups and one project put on hold.
Other milestones included BASF's alkyl polyglucosides (APG) production expansion in Cincinnati, Ohio, which started operating on October 27, and construction start on Eli Lilly's Goochland bioconjugate API and drug product plant on October 22.
KBR won contracts to revamp AGF Nitrogen ammonia plants in Germany and Austria, covering SKW Piesteritz's Wittenberg Ammonia Plant 2 efficiency revamp and LAT Nitrogen's Linz Ammonia Plant 2 KRES revamp.
Heidelberg Materials put its Geseke GeZero carbon capture project in Germany on hold on October 22.
