Sustainability
Topsoe and Aramco to jointly develop blue-hydrogen project in Saudi Arabia
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to produce low-carbon hydrogen, also referred to as blue hydrogen, using Topsoe’s ground-breaking eREACT technology in Aramco’s Shaybah NGL facility. The JDA underlines the…
Corteva and bp plan JV for biofuel feedstocks
Corteva Inc. (Indianapolis, Ind.) announced a collaboration with bp (London) on the companies’ shared intent to form a crop-based biofuel feedstock joint venture (JV). The JV envisaged by Corteva and bp would produce and deliver crop-based biofuel feedstocks to help…
BASF and Shenergy Group enter cooperation to accelerate international biomethane projects
BASF SE (Ludiwgshafen, Germany) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenergy Group through its subsidiaries Shanghai Gas Co. and Shanghai Shenji Environmental Technology Co.. This strategic partnership aims to foster long-term collaboration among the three parties in the commercialization…
Chementator Briefs: December 2024
Sustainable SMR In the pursuit of lowering greenhouse gas emissions, hydrogen has gained much attention as a potentially “clean” energy source. Typically, hydrogen is produced by steam methane reforming (SMR), a process which itself produces greenhouse gases. Efforts to lower…
Upgrading organic wastewater into fuel feedstocks
Although wastewater streams with high organic content — such as those from breweries and dairy facilities — can be difficult to treat and expensive to dispose of, there is potential to valorize their carbon content with the right process. Based…
Cost Engineering with Previously Owned Process Equipment
This article made available to you by: Previously used process equipment can offer significant cost advantages in capital construction projects, but there are important questions to consider before pursuing pre-owned equipment Many misconceptions persist in the marketplace about secondhand equipment.…
Air Liquide will build hydrogen production unit at TotalEnergies biorefinery site
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) recently announced a renewable hydrogen production project at TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France; www.totalenergies.com) La Mède (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in France) site. In the context of a long-term contract, Air Liquide will cover the hydrogen needs of…
Cyclyx reaches final investment decision for second plastics circularity center
Cyclyx International, LLC (Portsmouth, N.H.; www.10to90.com), a post-use plastic-to-feedstock innovator and joint venture among Agilyx (Oslo, Norway; www.agilyx.com), ExxonMobil (Spring, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com), and LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands; www.lyondellbasell.com), has reached a final investment decision for a second Cyclyx Circularity Center…
INNIO hydrogen combined heat and power project wins COGEN Europe award
INNIO Group (Jenbach, Austria; www.innio.com) today announced that it was awarded the COGEN Europe Recognition Award 2024 in the Technology and Innovation category for its 1 MW-class hydrogen combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Powered by green hydrogen, INNIO Group…
NextChem unveils technology center of excellence in Sicily
NextChem (Maire; Milan, Italy; www.nextchem.com) unveiled today its new high-tech engineering center, the “NX Engineering District”, in Catania, Sicily, in a ceremony attended by the local political and institutional leaders. The NX Engineering District, in Sicily’s Science and Technology Park,…