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Just published a comprehensive technology review on the manufacturing process that transforms linear alpha olefins into polyalphaolefins - the backbone of today's high-performance synthetic lubricants.

Key highlights from the review:
✅ Complete process breakdown: from feedstock purification to hydrofinishing
✅ Catalyst systems comparison: BF₃ vs metallocene technologies
✅ Technology landscape: major players including Neste, CPChem, INEOS, ExxonMobil, Sinopec, PetroChina/CNPC, plus emerging technologies.
✅ Industrial considerations: economics, safety, and environmental aspects

#syntheticlubricants #lubricants #baseoil #lao #pao #polyalphaolefins #highperformancelubricants #neste #exxonmobil #cpchem #chevronphillipschemical #ineos #sinopec #cnpc #petrochina #apalene

Alterra closes investment round with the expectation to accelerate the commercialisation of its plastics pyrolysis technology

Investors Infinity Recycling, Chevron Phillips Chemical, LyondellBasell, and Neste, along with long-term support from Potenza Capital, have successfully closed their latest round of equity funding in Alterra Energy (formerly Vadxx Energy). This investment round is expected to accelerate the commercialization of Alterra’s plastics pyrolysis technology, designed to transform discarded plastic into valuable raw materials.

Alterra's advanced recycling technology has been modeled on ppPLUS and the mass balance of the company's demo plant in Akron has been created. One main product the technology is producing is plastics pyoil, which may be fractionnated to separate naphtha, which can be used as a feedstock returned to the cracker to produce ethylene among other products. The feedstock the technology is accepting is mostly clean polyolefin waste.

Source: Alterra, 22^nd Oct 2024 & portfolio planning PLUS.

#alterra #lyondellbasell #neste #cpchem #pyrolysis #plasticwaste #advancedrecycling #molecularrecycling #chemicalrecycling #pyoil #steamcracking #naphtha #ethylene #polyethylene