Sustainability
Axens and Chiyoda ink cooperation agreement for hydrogen carrier technologies
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced the signature of a Joint Commercial Cooperation Agreement (JCCA) with Chiyoda Corp. (Yokohama, Japan). The purpose of this cooperation is to facilitate hydrogen supply chain projects via methylcyclohexane (MCH) (1) as Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC), and promote…
Cemex details CCUS plans in Europe and North America
Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. (Monterrey, Mexico) is continuing its efforts to lead the transition to a net zero construction industry by implementing several new Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) projects throughout its global cement operations. CEMEX’s new CCUS projects…
TotalEnergies and Air Liquide to produce low-carbon hydrogen at the Grandpuits Zero Crude Platform
TotalEnergies (Paris) and Air Liquide are entering a partnership related to producing and valorizing low-carbon hydrogen at TotalEnergies Granpuits biorefinery site. Under a long-term contract, Air Liquide will invest over 130 million euros in the construction and operation of a…
Neste acquires another used-oils business in the U.S.
Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has agreed to acquire the used cooking oil (UCO) collection and aggregation business and related assets in the United States from Crimson Renewable Energy Holdings, LLC. The transaction includes shares in SeQuential Environmental Services, LLC, and…
SK Geo Centric and Plastic Energy to establish Asia’s largest advanced recycling plant
SK geo centric (SKGC; Seoul, South Korea) signed an HOA (head of agreement) for building advanced recycling (pyrolysis) plant within its recycling cluster in Ulsan with Plastic EnergyLtd., the UK-based advanced plastic recycling technology company, in Seoul, South Korea. The signing…
Chemours and Honeywell collaborating on pilot program to recycle and reclaim refrigerants
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) and Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced the launch of a new pilot program to enable qualified companies to recycle and reclaim R-448A, also known as Honeywell Solstice N40, and R-449A, also known as Opteon…
Sulzer helps build world-scale renewable-fuels plant in Malaysia
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) will support Vandelay Ventures Sdn Bhd in the construction of a world-scale production facility for sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) and renewable diesel. Thanks to this partnership, Sabah Maju Jaya Renewable Energy Industrial Complex (SMJREIC) in…
Air Products and Mabanaft to build Germany’s first large-scale green-hydrogen import terminal
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) and Mabanaft, through its subsidiary Oiltanking Deutschland, announced their intention to build Germany's first large-scale, green energy import terminal in the Port of Hamburg. This joint development agreement is an important step towards the development…
Cepsa announces bio-based chemicals capacity expansion at JV in Indonesia
Sinarmas Cepsa Pte Ltd (SCPL) and its parent companies, the chemicals business of Cepsa (Madrid, Spain) and agribusiness Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), signed a Memorandum of Understanding to expand the production of bio-based chemicals at SCPL’s site in Lubuk Gaung, Indonesia.…
Pertamina, Keppel Infrastructure and Chevron exploring green hydrogen and ammonia projects in Indonesia
Pertamina Power Indonesia (Pertamina NRE), Keppel Infrastructure, through Keppel New Energy Pte. Ltd., and Chevron Corp., through Chevron New Energies International Pte. Ltd. (Chevron New Energies), have signed a Joint Study Agreement (JSA) to explore the development of selected green…