Horisont Energi (Sandnes, Norway) announced that it has selected Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Technip Energies B.V. (Paris) for two independent concept studies for the full conceptual design of the Barents Blue carbon-neutral ammonia plant in Hammerfest, northern…
DuPont Clean Technologies has announced the successful startup of the STRATCO alkylation units at the Zhongke Refinery and Petrochemical Company LTC refinery in Zhejiang, China and the Sinopec Shanghai Company (SPC) refinery in Jinshan, Shanghai, China. Both alkylation units at…
The ORLEN Group (Płock, Poland) is launching Hydrogen Eagle, an investment program to develop an international chain of hydrogen hubs powered by renewable energy sources and build innovative facilities to convert municipal waste into zero- and low-emission hydrogen. The project…
McDermott International, Ltd. (Houston) has received two separate engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract awards from IndianOil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi) for the Haldia Refinery and the Barauni Refinery. The first award is an EPCC contract for a…
Schlumberger New Energy and Panasonic Energy of North America, a division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement for the validation and optimization of the new lithium extraction and production process to…
Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands) has successfully delivered a revamp study for the Monómeros Colombo Venezolanos mono-pressure nitric acid plant in Colombia. The detailed report for increasing and optimizing production was completed remotely by Stamicarbon’s Ammonium Nitrate – Nitric Acid…
Huntsman Corp. (The Woodlands, Tex.) announced that its Performance Products division is planning to significantly increase its existing capacity for ULTRAPURE Ethylene Carbonate at its Conroe, Texas facility by mid-2023. ULTRAPURE Ethylene Carbonate is critical to the reliable operation and…
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has signed a 10-year agreement with Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group. Under the long-term agreement, Nouryon will provide Metsä Fibre with sodium chlorate for its new bioproduct mill in Kemi, Finland. Metsä Group is investing…
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment (MEME) of the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to strengthen joint collaboration to advance knowledge in renewable energy and to accelerate the energy transition. Specifically, IRENA…
Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced that it has reached definitive agreements for the divestment of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group and SK Capital Partners at an Enterprise Value (EV) of CHF 805 million to CHF 855…