MAIRE SpA (Milan, Italy; www.groupmaire.com) announced that NEXTCHEM (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary Stamicarbon, the nitrogen technology licensor, has been awarded the licensing and the process design package (PDP) for the upgrade and expansion of El Delta Company for…
Neste Oyj (Porvoo, Finland; www.neste.com), ITOCHU Corp. (Tokyo; www.itochu.co.jp) and GS Caltex (Seoul, South Korea; www.gscaltrex.com) have collaborated to make the first batch of CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation)-eligible ISCC-certified sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available for…
McDermott (Houston, Tex.; www.mcdermott.com) and BW Offshore (Singapore; www.bwoffshore.com) have entered into a collaboration to advance the technical and commercial viability of offshore blue ammonia production. This strategic partnership aims to enable a viable pathway for offshore blue ammonia production,…
AMG Critical Materials N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.amg-nv.com) hosted the opening of its lithium hydroxide refinery in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Saxony-Anhalt in Germany earlier this week. AMG Lithium B.V., which houses all of AMG’s lithium activities, has commissioned production of battery-grade lithium…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that KTJV, a KBR and Technip Energies joint venture (JV), has been selected by Lake Charles LNG Export Company, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer LP, for its Lake Charles LNG transformation project. Under the terms of…
MAIRE S.p.A. (Milan) announced that Nextchem (Sustainable Technology Solutions), through its subsidiary CONSER, its technology licensor for high-value chemical derivatives and biodegradable plastics, has been awarded by Al Baleed Petrochemical Company (ABP) the technology licensing, the process design package and…
A consortium led by KazMunayGas, Kazakhstan’s state-owned oil and gas company, has awarded the development of a steam cracker to a joint venture formed by Sinopec (Beijing, China) and Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain). The Sinopec group will provide…
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) is expanding operations at its Avon Lake, Ohio, manufacturing facility to double the production capacity of Solsperse Hyperdispersants, commonly used by coating and ink formulators for outstanding pigment dispersant performance, and for a variety of…
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC; Tokyo) announced that it joined the City of Yokohama, Maersk AS, Kokuka Sangyo Co., Ltd., Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Uyeno Transtech Ltd. and Yokohama Kawasaki International Port Corp. in a simulation of methanol bunkering,…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has invested in expanding the coagulant capacity in Fredrikstad in Norway to meet the growing market demand and to ensure production reliability in the Nordic region including Norway, Sweden and Finland. The scope of the investment…