ESB and dCarbonX have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the joint assessment and development of Irish offshore green hydrogen subsurface storage. This partnership represents another milestone in Ireland’s emerging hydrogen economy as part of its transition to a low-carbon future. Under this agreement, ESB and dCarbonX will work together on…
To serve rapidly growing customer demand, global specialty materials provider Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) is increasing its capacity to produce Naia filament yarn at its Barcelona, S.L., site by 30% by mid-2021 and more than 50% by the end…
Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) broke ground on a new world-scale unit for on-purpose 1-hexene in Old Ocean, Texas, near its Sweeny facility. With a capacity of 266,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr), the new asset…
Technip Energies (Paris), through its wholly owned subsidiary in the U.K. (Technip E&C Limited), has been awarded a significant contract for Project Engineering and Management Services (PEMS) by Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC) for various projects in southern Kuwait.…
Indo Rama Synthetics (India) Limited (IRSL), a subsidiary of global petrochemical producer Indorama Ventures Ltd. (IVL; Bangkok, Thailand), will spend up to INR 6 billion ($82 million) upgrading equipment and adding capacity at its manufacturing site in Nagpur, India. The…
To meet the high demand for lipids, a key component of mRNA-based vaccines and therapeutics, MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) has launched a new, high-purity synthetic cholesterol product, nine months ahead of schedule. “Tapping into two decades’ experience of developing and manufacturing high-quality…
Nacero (Houston) has awarded Bechtel (Reston, Va.) the Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract for the first natural gas-to-gasoline manufacturing facility in the United States. Nacero's 115,000 barrel per day plant in Penwell, Texas, near Odessa in the heart of…
Dow, LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced the establishment of the Closed Loop Circular Plastics Fund to invest in scalable recycling technologies, equipment upgrades and infrastructure solutions. The Fund, managed by Closed Loop Partners,…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London) announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), a leading provider of turnkey green hydrogen solutions. Under the MoU the companies will develop a roadmap to accelerate the joint development of high-performance electrolyzer…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) has inaugurated a new plant for the production of advanced solutions for the construction market in Singapore and Malaysia. The new plant is located in the State of Johor, in the south of Malaysia. The new installation,…