Petroleum-based

AromaticsAdsorbentsSustainable aviation fuelSpecialty chemicalsCatalystsSemiconductorsFlavors & fragrancesSpecialty polymersRenewable refiningPolyurethanesBatteriesEnzymaticPetroleum-basedBrine-basedPolyamidesElectrolysisPolyolefinsCommodity polymersWaste-basedBio-basedBiodegradableDesalinationMineral-basedRefiningHydrogenCO2PowdersOlefinsNatural gasDyes & pigmentsCommodity chemicals
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+5+5
🏭 The chicken or the egg

🏭 The chicken or the egg

Origin's carbon-negative carbon black and Dow's gas sweeting plans

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Petroleum-basedPetroleum-based
+5+5
🏭 Dow's big recycling day

🏭 Dow's big recycling day

Dow Chemical's three recycling agreements and Baystar's brand new ethane cracker

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
AromaticsAromatics
+6+6
🏭 The pineapple protector

🏭 The pineapple protector

BASF's UV stabilizer, it's unique application, and building a PET plant

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+6+6
🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic

🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic

UV-C disinfection, Solvay's light stabilizer, Clariant's catalyst, and a biodegradable polymer

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+3+3
🏭 Special chip gases

🏭 Special chip gases

More PDH in China and US-based semiconductor gases

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
BatteriesBatteries
+3+3
🏭 American LiOH

🏭 American LiOH

Indorama's one-step MTBE and Albemarle and lithium hydroxide in the US

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Petroleum-basedPetroleum-based
+2+2
🏭 Less gas more liquid

🏭 Less gas more liquid

Gas-to-liquids in Uzbekistan and maleic anhydride in Malaysia

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Petroleum-basedPetroleum-based
+3+3
🏭 Taking the L (out of LNG)

🏭 Taking the L (out of LNG)

Freeport LNG's fire and Dow and Shell's electric steam cracker

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty polymersSpecialty polymers
+2+2
🏭 More vaccines = more lipids

🏭 More vaccines = more lipids

Evonik's lipid expansion and DuPont's bio-based diol divestment

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
AromaticsAromatics
+5+5
🏭 Making plastic clear

🏭 Making plastic clear

Miliken's polypropylene clarifier and Sumitomo exits the dye business

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+4+4
🏭 Vanilla without the bean

🏭 Vanilla without the bean

Solvay's fermentation-based vanillin and Total's drone project

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Sustainable aviation fuelSustainable aviation fuel
+3+3
🏭 New look today

🏭 New look today

World Energy's $2B SAF plant and helium from natural gas

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi