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BASF and OMV start up isobutene plant using novel direct-production technology

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) have announced the successful start-up of ISO C4 plant for direct production of high-purity isobutene at the Burghausen site. The plant is based on a novel technology developed jointly by the…

Maire Tecnimont and Adani Enterprises to develop green-hydrogen projects in India

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy), through its subsidiaries NextChem, Stamicarbon and MET Development (MET DEV), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Adani Enterprises Ltd. (AEL) to explore the development of industrial projects using NextChem and Stamicarbon’s technologies and…

Mitsubishi signs MoU to study fuel-ammonia production project in Indonesia

Mitsubishi Corp, (MC; Tokyo) is joining partners Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), a national university in the Republic of Indonesia, and PT Panca Amara Utama (PAU) in an agreement to conduct a…

BP to develop the U.K.’s largest blue-hydrogen plant

Bp plc (London) announced that it is developing plans for the UK’s largest blue hydrogen production facility, targeting 1GW of hydrogen production by 2030. The project would capture and send for storage up to two million tons of carbon dioxide…

Schlumberger New Energy developing lithium-extraction pilot plant in Nevada

Schlumberger New Energy (Houston) announced the development of a lithium extraction pilot plant through its new venture, NeoLith Energy. The deployment of the pilot plant will be in Clayton Valley, Nevada, USA. The NeoLith Energy sustainable approach uses a differentiated…

Plug Power and Chart Industries to build two hydrogen-liquefaction plants in the U.S.

Chart Industries, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.), a leading diversified global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment for the industrial gas and clean energy industries has announced that Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), a leading provider of turnkey green hydrogen solutions has placed an…

Black & Veatch conducting feasibility studies for world’s largest green-hydrogen project

Black & Veatch (BV; Overland Park, Kan.) will undertake feasibility studies central to the development of the world’s largest green hydrogen plant. When operational, Enegix Energy’s Base One facility, in Ceará, Brazil will produce more than 600 million kg of…

Clariant opens major operational campus in Shanghai

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) announced the official opening of its One Clariant Campus in Shanghai, China. Across a total floor space of approximately 24,000 m2, the Campus will be home to Clariant’s Greater China Operational Headquarters as well as the…

Orlen Unipetrol to construct production unit for dicyclopentadiene

The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague, Czech Republic) has launched the construction of a unit to produce a brand-new product, dicyclopentadiene (DCPD). This fluid hydrocarbon will be made using a technology developed by ORLEN Unipetrol researchers with the University of Chemistry…

Merck to add production capacity at single-use assembly site in France

Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) announced that it will add a single-use assembly production unit at its Life Science Center in Molsheim, France. With the €25-million investment, the company is accelerating its European expansion plans for this key technology, which is…