LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that the Amur Gas Chemical Complex project, being implemented by Sibur Holding PJSC (Moscow, Russia), the largest integrated petrochemicals company in Russia, has selected LyondellBasell’s Spheripol technology for a new facility. The process technology will…
Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg) announced that it has completed a multi-year upgrade to its Qingdao, China facility. A new, state-of-the-art, cogeneration unit was installed, which boosts the site’s sustainability by recovering more energy from the facility. “This is an…
Asahi Songwon Colors Ltd. (Gujarat, India) commenced commercial operations at the Dahej, India plant operated by its joint venture with Tennants Textile Colours Ltd., Asahi Tennants Color. The Dahej plant will produce red and yellow pigments. The installed capacity at…
BASF SE(Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Eramet Group (Paris, France) have signed an agreement to jointly assess the development of a state-of-the-art nickel and cobalt hydrometallurgical refining complex. Such a development would include a High-Pressure Acid Leaching (HPAL) plant and a Base…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that the implementation of the methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) capacity increase program for production facilities at the company’s Verbund site in Geismar, Louisiana, is progressing on schedule. Over time, BASF targets to double the capacity…
To meet accelerating demand for robust clinical supply chain services throughout Europe, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, Mass.) has expanded its pharma services footprint with two new state-of-the-art facilities in Rheinfelden and Weil am Rhein, Germany. The new sites will…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract for an ammonia synthesis loop (synloop) by Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Neb.) for its fertilizer project in Hallam, Nebraska. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a technology…
Air Liquide Engineering & Construction has signed an agreement with Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Seoul, South Korea) to support the construction of a liquid hydrogen plant in Changwon, South Korea as an enabler of clean transport development in the…
Trinseo (Berwyn,. Pa.) announced its entry into a binding agreement with Arkema S.A. (“Arkema”) to acquire Arkema’s polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA) and activated methyl methacrylates (MMA) businesses (together, referred to herein as the PMMA business). PMMA is a transparent and rigid…
Lummus Technology (Houston) and Chevron Lummus Global (CLG) announced multiple technology contracts with PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PRPP), a joint venture (JV) between Indonesia's PT Pertamina (Persero) and Russia's Rosneft Oil Company for a grassroots refinery and petrochemical…