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Nouryon opens oilfield application center in Houston

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced the opening of its Innovation Center for oilfield applications in Houston, Texas, US. This move reinforces Nouryon's commitment to innovative, sustainable solutions tailored to the needs of the oilfield industry in the region. The Innovation…

Alfal Laval joins E.U.’s One Water consortium

Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has joined the One Water consortium as a core partner to address water challenges, including water scarcity, droughts, floods and marine and freshwater degradation. With its leading technological innovators, the One Water consortium is engaged…

New Eaux Blanches wastewater-treatment site also produces renewable energy

SUEZ (Paris) announced the inauguration of the Eaux Blanches wastewater treatment plant in Sète, France. The new plant treats 89% of the wastewater from seven municipalities of Sète agglopôle méditerranée – representing 6.5 million m3 of wastewater treated per year,…

New plant in Germany produces e-methanol from wastewater

In Mannheim, Germany, climate-tech startup ICODOS GmbH, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Mannheim's urban drainage company (EBS) have announced a project that will produce sustainable fuels from wastewater and electricity in a first-of-its-kind facility. This pioneering project exploits…

Novel hydrogel enables circular wastewater upcycling

Excessive nutrients in wastewater can lead to detrimental discharges into natural water bodies, prompting harmful algal blooms with severe environmental and economic repercussions. To address this pressing issue, a team of engineers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington…

Wood JV wins EPC contract from Brunei Shell Petroleum

John Wood Group PLC (Aberdeen, U.K.) and its joint venture (JV) partner, Tendrill International Sdn. Bhd, has secured a five-year contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Sdn Bhd (BSP) for brownfield engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services. Under the contract, the…

U.K. project wins £2 million funding to demonstrate water-recycling using industrial waste heat

University of Bath researchers are set to demonstrate the potential of an innovative new water recycling technology after winning major funding from U.K. water regulator Ofwat. The Net Water PositHyve Project will receive close to £2 million in funding as…

Quest One and MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure to promote green hydrogen economy in North America

Quest One, a subsidiary of MAN Energy Solutions (MAN ES) and MasTec Clean Energy & Infrastructure (CE&I), a major infrastructure construction company, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of green…

Sulzer inaugurates biopolymer engineering and scale-up center

Sulzer Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) opened its fourth location in Switzerland. The Innovation Technology Hub (InTecH) in Winterthur Töss will further enhance Sulzer’s research and development capabilities in advanced biopolymer engineering and recycling. With 3,150 m2 of laboratory and research space,…

Chemical Engineering Conversation: Designing Next-Gen Pumps for Molten-Salt Energy Storage

It is often said that “pumps are the workhorses of industry” in that they are used in nearly all processes and must withstand a diverse range of extreme operating conditions, including exposure to corrosive or abrasive chemicals, cryogenic temperatures and…