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Phillips 66 to acquire Lindsey Oil Refinery, integrate with Humber operations
Phillips 66 Ltd. (Houston) has agreed to acquire Lindsey Oil Refinery assets and associated infrastructure pending completion subject to satisfaction of closing conditions, including customary regulatory clearances. The announcement follows a bidding process handled by FTI Consulting, who began serving…
Technip Energies completes Ecovyst AM&C acquisition
Technip Energies (Paris) announced the completion of its acquisition of the Advanced Materials & Catalysts (AM&C) business from Ecovyst Inc. (Malvern, Pa.) , a global leader in specialty catalysts and advanced materials. This strategic transaction expands Technip Energies’ portfolio by…
Moeve signs agreement with Pretium Renovables to build biomethane plants
Moeve (Madrid, Spain) has signed a strategic agreement with Pretium Renovables to promote the development of renewable biomethane in Spain. The energy company has invested in this company, which specializes in developing biomethane projects, as a strategic partner to promote…
GEA Expert Talks: Your Gateway to the Future of Industrial Innovation
As industries navigate a rapidly changing technological landscape, the need for efficient, sustainable and forward-thinking process solutions has never been greater. From optimizing production lines to reducing emissions and maximizing energy efficiency, the challenges facing manufacturing and processing sectors today…
This vacuum booster pump unit fits into a very small footprint
The COMBI WVD vacuum booster pump unit features high pumping speed and low ultimate pressure, from atmosphere down to the 10-3 hPa (mbar) range. This makes it ideal for both standalone operation and use as backing pump for high vacuum…
Advanced Seals Enhance Safety and Reliability
Premium solutions prevent seal failure caused by extreme chemical process conditions Seals and gaskets are mission-critical components in the chemical process industries (CPI), where seal failure can have catastrophic consequences. While the corrosive and aggressive media and extreme operating conditions…
Enhancing Characterization of Thermal Barrier Coatings
Combining microscopy and machine-learning techniques leads to faster, more precise analyses of critical coating materials When the SR-71 Blackbird aircraft was designed to soar at three times the speed of sound, engineers faced an extreme challenge: managing the heat generated…
Electrochemical route to extracting lithium ions from ‘black mass’ could lead to more efficient battery recycling
Black mass is the powdered material resulting from shredding end-of-life lithium-ion vehicle batteries. For effective recycling, lithium must be efficiently separated from this material, but conventional methods, such as smelting at high temperatures or dissolving in strong acids, require large…
Securing the Industrial Edge: Protecting Legacy Systems in the IIoT Era
Edge platforms, which provide a liaison between networks and legacy equipment, can provide a layer of cybersecurity protection without infrastructure modifications Chemical processing facilities worldwide are connecting decades-old equipment to modern networks for real-time monitoring and optimization. While this digital…
Can You Trust Your Process Simulation Results?
Understanding both the limitations of process simulations and the assessments that can be performed to verify modeling results are important in the design and development of technical processes in many industries Chemical engineers routinely use process simulation software for design,…