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B&W Environmental to supply emissions-reduction technology for Cabot carbon-black plant

Babcock & Wilcox (B&W; Akron, Ohio) (NYSE: BW) announced that its B&W Environmental segment will design and supply environmental technologies to reduce sulfur oxides emissions for Cabot Corporation’s carbon black manufacturing facility in Ville Platte, La. The contract is valued…

KBR to provide technical services for SK E&S hydrogen-development business

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide technical advisory solutions to SK E&S for its hydrogen development business in South Korea. SK Group announced late last year that it would invest in assets that…

Linde to build one of Hungary’s largest air-separation units

Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) has signed a long-term agreement with BorsodChem Zrt., the Hungarian chemical company and member of the Wanhua Chemical Group, for the supply of nitrogen, oxygen and compressed air to its chemical complex in Kazincbarcika. Linde will…

Invista technology selected for Sinopec Yizheng’s third PTA line

INVISTA’s (Wichita, Kan.) technology and licensing group, Invista Performance Technologies (IPT), and China Petrochemical International Co., Ltd. (Sinopec Yizheng) have reached an agreement for licensing of INVISTA’s industry leading PTA P8++ technology for Sinopec Yizheng’s third PTA line. This plant…

Air Liquide and BASF extend hydrogen, CO supply agreement in Yeosu

Air Liquide (Paris) and BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) have signed a contract in South Korea’s Yeosu National Industrial Complex to extend the term of their existing agreements over the long term. Within this context, Air Liquide leveraged the start-up in…

Nuberg EPC Wins Sprea Misr Sulfuric Acid Plant Project in Egypt

Nuberg EPC (New Delhi, India) has been awarded the prestigious 500 ton/d sulfuric acid plant project on EPC & LSTK basis in Egypt. The project, which was awarded during the pandemic, is owned by Sprea Misr, a leading chemicals and…

Johnson Matthey supports green hydrogen production with new manufacturing capacity for electrolyzer components

Johnson Matthey plc (JM; Mondon) has taken the next major step in its plans to commercialize technologies to enable production of zero carbon ‘green’ hydrogen, announcing new manufacturing capacity for the production of catalyst coated membranes. This capacity is co-located…

OMV announces expansion and upgrades at Burghausen refinery

OMV AG (Vienna, Austria)  is expanding and modernizing its cracker units and petrochemical cold section at its Burghausen Refinery in Germany. The measures aim to increase the site’s ethylene and propylene production capacity. Following the planned turnaround of the refinery,…

Air Liquide makes a strategic investment to support large-scale renewable hydrogen production in France

Air Liquide (Paris, France) announced a 40% stake acquisition in the capital of the French company H2V Normandy, a subsidiary of H2V Product, which aims to build a large-scale electrolyzer complex of up to 200 MW for the production of…

MAN Energy Solutions acquires PEM electrolyzer manufacturer H-TEC Systems

MAN Energy Solutions (Augsburg, Germany) has announced its acquisition of almost 99% of the shares in H-TEC SYSTEMS, a manufacturer of PEM electrolyzers based in Augsburg, Germany. Subject to approval by the competition authorities, MAN Energy Solutions has acquired the…