Chemical Engineering
Arcadium acquires lithium metal business of Li-Metal Corp.
Arcadium Lithium plc (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced it has acquired the lithium metal business of Li-Metal Corp. (Markham, Ont., Canada). The all-cash $11-million acquisition includes the intellectual property and physical assets related to lithium metal production, including a pilot production facility…
Chevron moves corporate headquarters from California to Houston
Chevron Corp. (Houston) announced the relocation of the company’s headquarters from San Ramon, Calif., to Houston, Tex. and senior leadership changes. Chevron Chairman and CEO, Mike Wirth, and Vice Chairman, Mark Nelson, will move to Houston before the end of…
Nippon Shokubai to construct new SAP plant in Indonesia
Nippon Shokubai Ltd. (Tokyo) has announced a plan to build a superabsorbent polymers (SAP) plant with 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) at its Indonesian subsidiary, PT. Nippon Shokubai Indonesia (NSI). This new plant will augment an existing SAP plant…
Parker Hannifin divests composites manufacturing business in North America
Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) announced it has signed an agreement to divest its North America Composites and Fuel Containment (CFC) Division to private investment firm SK Capital Partners. With the completion of this transaction the company will have successfully…
OCI Global to sell Texas clean-ammonia project to Woodside for $2.35 billion
OCI Global N.V. (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced that it has reached an agreement for the sale of 100% of its equity interests in its Clean Ammonia project under construction in Beaumont, Texas (OCI Clean Ammonia), to Woodside Energy Group Ltd.…
Lubrizol to invest $200 million to construct its largest manufacturing plant in India
The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) announced that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding to purchase a 120-acre plot in Aurangabad, India, where it plans to construct a new manufacturing facility to initially support the region’s growing transportation and industrial fluid…
Veolia North America sells its acid-regeneration business for $620 million
Veolia (Paris) announced that its subsidiary Veolia North America has signed an agreement for the divestment of Veolia North America Regeneration Services, which includes its sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid regeneration activities for refineries, to private equity firm American Industrial…
Facts At Your Fingertips: Understanding Energy Efficiency in a Fired Heater
Process heating systems are critical parts of chemical process industries (CPI) facilities. Unfortunately, the reliable, efficient operation of utility systems is often taken for granted, and they receive little engineering attention. This is perhaps understandable, since these systems play a…
Public-Private Partnerships Spur Decarbonization Efforts
Government programs, such as the Industrial Demonstrations Program (IDP) in the U.S., are helping to advance commercial-scale decarbonization strategies including thermal energy storage, CO2 utilization and electrification As the world continues to grapple with climate change, companies’ strategies for managing…
Effective Dust Collection: Capturing Dust and Accounting for Loading
Three of the critical aspects of dust collection systems are properly identifying necessary dust capture points, effectively capturing dust at each point and accounting for solids loading in the ductwork. Key considerations for these aspects are presented here Dust collection…