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Chevron sells several downstream businesses in Asia-Pacific to Eneos

Eneos Corp. (Tokyo) announced that it has entered into Share Purchase Agreements (SPAs) with various indirect subsidiaries of Chevron Corp. (Houston, Tex.) to acquire 100% of Chevron’s downstream fuels and lubricants marketing businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Australia, Vietnam…

Milestone green-ammonia project begins production in Japan

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced the start of green-ammonia production at JGC Holdings Corp.'s (Yokohama, Japan) plant utilizing KBR’s K-GreeN® technology, marking a significant milestone in the success of Japan’s journey towards a clean energy future. The plant, sponsored by New…

Mantel and Wood join forces to scale high-temperature carbon-capture projects

Carbon-capture technology provider Mantel Capture announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.), a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations. Under the agreement, Mantel has designated Wood as its Preferred Technology Provider for fired equipment integration…

Sunfire to build electrolysis test facility at BASF site in Schwarzheide

Sunfire SE (Dresden, Germany) announced that it is joining the Industriepark Lausitz in Schwarzheide, Germany as a new innovation-driven partner. The hydrogen company will build a test facility at the industrial park to further validate its highly efficient solid oxide…

This integrated dumping station ensures efficient, dust-free materials transfer from bags or containers

This company's new Mobile Bag Dumping Station (MBDS) is equipped with a glove box, a bag compactor and a flexible screw conveyor. The integrated MBDS transfers material manually dumped from hand-held sacks into elevated process equipment or storage vessels across…

SkyKraft JV awarded 21 million euros to advance eSAF project in Sweden

SkyKraft (www.skykraft.se), the joint venture between SkyNRG (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.skynrg.com) and the Swedish power company Skellefteå Kraft (Skellefteå, Sweden; www.skekraft.se), has been awarded around €21 million. from the Swedish Energy Agency’s Industriklivet Initiative (www.industriklivet.se). While Project SkyKraft is grounded…

Eni completes investment in Canadian battery-materials firm NMG

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) announced the closing of the equity investment in Nouveau Monde Graphite Inc. (NMG), a Canadian company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, operating in the natural graphite and advanced battery…

Zeon to increase dicyclopentadiene production capacity

Zeon Corp. (Tokyo) has decided to invest in a new facility at the GPI plant, located inside the Mizushima Plant. This will increase the production capacity of dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) by approximately 20% from current levels. DCPD is the main raw…

U.K.’s Essar Energy Transition completes pre-FEED stage for major sustainable fuels hub

Essar Energy Transition (EET) , which plans to create the world’s leading low carbon process refinery, has completed the Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) stage for one of the U.K.’s largest advanced sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production hubs. Integrated within…

BASF opens new R&D center for refining catalysts in Georgia

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has opened a new, state-of-the-art research and development (R&D) center for advancements in refinery catalysts. The facility is strategically co-located at BASF's largest refinery catalyst production site globally, in Attapulgus, Georgia.  The proximity will allow for…