Tatneft (Almetyevsk, Republic of Tartarstan, Russia) has announced that its project for the construction of an n-butane processing unit and associated off-site facilities (UPMA) at the Minnibayevo gas processing plant has gone through the state examination procedure and obtained a…
Global professional services organization Lloyd’s Register Group (LR; London) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Energy business unit to Inspirit Capital, a London-based investment firm focused on building long-term value. The agreement follows a…
Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) and Vertex Bioenergy, leader in the production of bioethanol in Spain and France, have renewed and intensified their partnership. As part of this agreement, Messer will build and operate a 2nd CO₂ recovery unit…
Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) and Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (San Ramon, Calif.) announced the formation of a joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC, to own projects across the United States to produce and market dairy biomethane, a renewable natural gas…
MilliporeSigma (Burlington, Mass.) celebrated the topping-out ceremony for its new membrane production plant in Darmstadt, Germany. With the new facility, the company plans to expand manufacturing of Millipore Express membranes, which are critical components in Millipore Express filters and help…
Honeywell has acquired privately held Rocky Research, a Boulder City, Nevada-based technology leader specializing in thermal, energy and power management solutions. This acquisition expands Honeywell's existing, broad portfolio, which includes power generation systems, energy storage, and power and thermal…
Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has launched a new production line for polycarbonate (PC) films in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Thailand. With the new capacity, the company aims to meet the rapidly growing demand in the Asia-Pacific region…
Lummus Technology, LLC (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a contract by Lukoil Burgas for a petrochemical facility in Bulgaria. Lummus' scope includes the technology license for a 280,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) polypropylene (PP) unit…
PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk (Chandra Asri; Jakarta, Indonesia) and Royal Vopak (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to set up a joint venture company for collaboration in the industrial infrastructure business in Cilegon, Banten Province,…
With the commissioning of a new production facility in Chengdu, China, Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has further expanded its capacity in the rapidly growing mortar market in China. In addition to profiting from the strong demand, Sika can also benefit…