Pyrolysis oil

Shell says its chemical recycling goals are ‘unfeasible’

Iranpolymer/Baspar Shell will no longer pursue its goal of turning 1 million tonnes of plastic waste into pyrolysis oil by 2025, the British oil giant said in its 2023 Sustainability report. The 98-page report, published in March, dedicates a third of…

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Orion S.A. installs tyre pyrolysis oil tanks to boost carbon black production

Iranpolymer/Baspar Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals producer, is installing multiple tyre pyrolysis oil tanks at its plant in Jaslo, Poland – the company’s latest move toward boosting production of circular carbon black. The tanks will serve as reception points…

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Neste successfully concludes its first processing run with pyrolysis oil from discarded tires

Iranpolymer/Baspar Neste successfully conducted its first processing trial run with liquefied discarded tires. In the processing run, Neste produced high-quality raw material for new plastics and chemicals. For the processing run, Neste sourced pyrolysis oil derived from discarded vehicle tires…

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Reliance Industries first in India to receive ISCC-Plus certification

Iranpolymer/Baspar Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) ended 2023 on a high note. The Mumbai-based conglomerate, which operates energy and petrochemical businesses, has become the first in India to produce ISCC-Plus certified chemically recycled polymers. RIL announced on Dec. 29 that it…

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Life Cycle Analysis Shows Pyrolysis Can Reduce Carbon Footprint of Cracking Operations

Iranpolymer/Baspar  A study published in The Journal of Cleaner Production, and supported by funding from the American Chemistry Council, describes greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits of substituting pyrolysis oil from post-use plastic for naphtha and fossil fuel gases in steam cracking operations. The…

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TotalEnergies, Aramco, Sabic demonstrate successful production of certified circular polymers

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Pyrolysis oil derived from the chemical recycling of non-sorted plastic waste has now, for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa been utilised as feedstock for the production of  ISCC+ certified circular polymers. The pyrolysis…

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