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Nouryon begins engineering phase for Wisconsin expandable microspheres plant

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has begun the engineering phase at its Expancel expandable microspheres plant in Wisconsin, moving one step closer to better serving its specialty additives customers in North America. Construction on the plant is expected to begin at…

Elkem commissions battery-materials pilot plant, establishes dedicated battery subsidiary

Elkem (Oslo, Norway)  has successfully commissioned its industrial pilot for battery materials in Kristiansand, Norway, starting industrial scale pilot production for customers. As the next step towards large-scale production, Elkem is now establishing Vianode as a new company and brand…

UOP’s Unionfining diesel technology selected for NRL refinery in India

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), a public sector undertaking under the Indian Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, will use UOP technology to produce cleaner-burning diesel fuel in compliance with India’s BS-VI emission standards…

Alfa Laval partners with EasyMining to develop new waste-utilization processes

Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has signed a partner agreement with EasyMining, an innovation company in the Swedish Ragn-Sells Group, to develop new processes and technologies to extract commercially valuable products from waste materials and enable circular solutions.   Alfa…

Industry partners in Singapore jointly exploring liquefied-hydrogen supply infrastructure

Keppel Data Centres Holdings Pte Ltd, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Linde Gas Singapore Pte Ltd. Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd (MOL) and Vopak LNG Holding B.V (Vopak LNG) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly explore the concept…

Technip Energies to supply ethanol-to-ethylene catalyst for LanzaJet SAF production

Technip Energies (Paris) has signed its first catalyst supply agreement with LanzaJet, Inc. (Chicago, Ill.), a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) producer, for its proprietary Hummingbird ethanol-to-ethylene catalyst. LanzaJet’s SAF delivers more than 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions on a…

Mitsui Chemicals starts commercial production of hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluids

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) started the commercial production of a new plant to produce LUCANT, a series of hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluid, at its Ichihara Works in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. With this new plant coming on top of an existing plant…

Nouryon to separate its base-chemicals business into standalone company

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced its intention to spin-out its base chemicals business, Nobian, into a separate company that will remain under the ownership of Nouryon’s equity owners, The Carlyle Group and GIC.  The separation is expected to be completed…

KBR awarded FEED contract for BUA’s new integrated refinery in Nigeria

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced it has been awarded a contract to complete the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for BUA Group’s new, modern refinery facility in Nigeria. The award marks the continuation of a strong relationship with BUA Group, a leading…

Thyssenkrupp and Port of Rotterdam jointly investigating hydrogen supply chains

Steel companies thyssenkrupp Steel AG and HKM and the Port of Rotterdam  are jointly investigating setting up international supply chains for hydrogen. In the course of their trans-formation paths towards climate-neutral steel making, thyssenkrupp Steel and HKM are going to…