Messer Group GmbH (Bad Soden, Germany) and multi-metal supplier Aurubis AG have successfully commissioned a new production plant for the extraction of air gases at Aurubis' recycling site in Luenen, Germany. Aurubis AG is a leading global supplier of non-ferrous…
INOX Air Products (INOXAP), one of India’s leading manufacturers of industrial and medical gases, has entered into a long-term partnership with TACC Limited (The Advanced Carbons Company) (TACC), for supply of nitrogen through a dedicated onsite nitrogen plant for their…
Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that Verso Energy, an integrated energy company focused on producing low-carbon molecules, will use Honeywell UOP’s eFiningTM methanol-to-jet processing technology to produce electro-sustainable aviation fuel (eSAF) at seven planned production sites in France, Finland…
Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction Group and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the deployment of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) projects. Samsung C&T, a leading global EPC contractor with extensive experience…
A single misfill can contaminate inventory, halt transfers, and lead to safety and environmental incidents. This risk affects not only tank farms and tank terminals, but also on-site tank farms, storage tanks and process tanks at chemical and process plants…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for November 2025 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. It was the third consecutive monthly increase since August, and the ninth monthly increase since November…
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington, D.C.; www.csb.gov) today released its final investigation report into the fatal October 10, 2024 release of toxic hydrogen sulfide at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Two…
At the recent ARC Industry Leadership Forum event, Schneider Electric (Rueil-Malmaison, France, www.se.com), a global energy technology leader, announced the introduction of EcoStruxure™ Foxboro Software Defined Automation (SDA), the industry’s first open, software‑defined Distributed Control System (DCS). This breakthrough combines…
At the 30th ARC Industry Leadership Forum in Orlando in February, the prominent themes focused on industrial uses of artificial intelligence (AI), and involved the evolving digital transformation. In exploring these broad topics, presenters explored workforce challenges, such as combating…
The revamp approach discussed here can deliver a 5% throughput increase at autothermal reformer (ATR)-based methanol plants without requiring any major equipment replacements or modifications Growing global methanol demand and tightening margins are pushing producers toward brownfield expansions that extract…