Harvest Midstream Co.(Houston) announced an agreement with Phillips 66, Inc. (Houston) to purchase the Belle Chasse Terminal, formerly the Alliance Refinery located in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The acquisition is expected to close in the First Quarter of 2023. In November…
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, announced the closing of the transaction to acquire M Chemicals Inc., the company recently incorporated by Mecaro Co. Ltd. to operate its chemical business. Combining these two businesses is expected…
SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), OQ and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) have signed a Project Development Agreement of a jointly owned petrochemical complex in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), the Sultanate of Oman. The three companies aim to establish…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) has decided to license its technology to produce vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to Asian Paints Limited, a leading paint and décor company in India , under a formal alliance agreement between SDK and KBR, Inc.…
Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd has awarded Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) an order for two pyro processing and comminution lines for their Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia. Previously, Metso Outotec has delivered two similar pyro process lines…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that its second Advanced SCLAIRTECH technology (AST2) facility and the third phase of the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project have each reached mechanical completion. The world-scale AST2 facility, located at the new Rokeby Site…
Spring-loaded pressure-relief valves (PRVs) often use bellows to ensure balanced operation. Data analysis from 30,000 PRV service records across different industries and valve brands shows a bellows failure rate between 2 to 6%, according to Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com).…
Microorganisms populate nearly any habitat, no matter how hostile it is. Their great variety of survival strategies is of huge potential in biotechnology. However, most of these organisms are unknown, because they cannot be cultivated. To make better use of…
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore; www.ntu.edu.sg) have developed a technique to convert waste paper, from single-use packaging, bags and cardboard boxes, into electrodes, which can be made into rechargeable batteries that power mobile phones, medical equipment and…
Plant Watch Air Liquide to supply H2 and CO to Kumho Mitsui Chemical December 13, 2022 — Air Liquide S.A. (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has signed a long-term contract to supply Kumho Mitsui Chemical (KMCI) with additional hydrogen and carbon monoxide…