The article offers news briefs related to the chemical engineering industry as of February 2017. Topics include the plan of Arkema to replace its acrylic acid plant in Clear Lake, Texas with acrylic-acid reactors, the selection of LyondellBasell Industries NV's process technology for the high-density polyethylene project of Petronas in Malaysia and the expansion of the Los Reyes organic peroxides production facility of Akzo Nobel NV in Mexico.