Chemical Engineering
SWA Lithium and Koch Technology Solutions sign license for DLE project in North America
SWA Lithium, the joint venture (JV) between Standard Lithium and Equinor which is developing the South West Arkansas Project, has entered into a license agreement with Koch Technology Solutions LLC (KTS) to deploy and use KTS’ Li-Pro Lithium Selective Sorption…
BASF Petronas Chemicals inaugurates new 2-ethylhexanoic acid plant in Malaysia
Joint venture BASF Petronas Chemicals (BPC) announced the inauguration of its second 2-ethylhexanoic acid (2-EHAcid) production line at the integrated site in Kuantan, Malaysia. This expansion directly responds to the rapidly growing demand for high-quality 2 EHAcid, reaffirming BPC’s commitment…
Invista to continue HMD production at Orange, Texas site
Invista (Wichita, Kan.) announced it would continue hexamethylene diamine (HMD) production at its site in Orange, Texas. “Since last year’s announcement regarding ending adiponitrile (ADN) and HMD operations at our Orange site, multiple circumstances have changed, including the Orange site’s…
Sealing Considerations for Fire-Safe Valves
In petrochemical, oil and gas, and refinery settings, safety is paramount. Many chemicals, fluids and gases used in the energy industry are extremely toxic or flammable and contact with them can result in burns, incapacitation or even death. In normal…
Metso opens DRI smelting furnace pilot facility in Pori, Finland
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has opened a state-of-the-art DRI (direct reduced iron) Smelting Furnace pilot facility in Pori, Finland. The new facility, opened on October 25, 2024, will allow customer-specific pilot-scale testing to demonstrate the applicability and results of industrial-scale…
Linde to extend supply of industrial gases to Tata Steel Ltd. in India
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) announced that it has signed agreements to de-captivate two air separation units (ASUs) and expand its existing supply of industrial gases to Tata Steel Ltd. in Odisha, India. Linde already supplies industrial gases from its existing…
BASF to expand production capacity for expandable polystyrene at Ludwigshafen site
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) is strengthening its styrene value chain at its Ludwigshafen site by expanding the production capacity of Neopor by 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). This increase is aimed at meeting the growing market demand for the…
SwRI breaks ground on new bioengineering facility
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI; San Antonio, Tex.) broke ground on a new 21,000-square-foot Clinical Supply Facility to support government and industry clients with integrated pharmaceutical and bioengineering research and development. “The new facility expands our bioengineering laboratory footprint and adds…
Avantium opens flagship FDCA plant in the Netherlands
Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) announced the official opening of its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant opening was officiated by Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, in the presence of (intern)national and local dignitaries, partners…
Vitol B.V. agrees to acquire Noble Resources Trading Ltd.
Vitol B.V. (Geneva, Switzerland) has agreed to acquire Singpore-based Noble Resources Trading Ltd. for an purchase price equivalent to $0.63 per share on a debt free/cash free basis subject to customary conditions precedent. Noble Resources is one of Asia’s leading…