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Versalis acquires Ecoplastic recycling technology and plants

Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni’s chemical company, has acquired on an exclusive basis the technology and plants of Ecoplastic, an Italian company of the De Berg group specializing in the recovery, recycling and transformation chain of styrenic polymers. The…

Air Liquide and Saras launch carbon-capture study at Sarroch refinery

Air Liquide SA (Paris) and Saras  S.p.A. signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at exploring the solutions to reduce the carbon footprint of Saras’ Sarroch petroleum refinery in Italy, one of the most important refineries in Europe. As part…

Italian consortium to jointly develop Puglia Green Hydrogen Project

Edison S.p.A. and Snam S.p.A. (both Milan, Italy) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) along with Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) and Alboran Hydrogen – who had both already signed a cooperation agreement last year - for the…

Eni signs agreement for production of sustainable aviation fuel, decarbonization of aviation sector

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) and Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) have signed a strategic agreement to promote decarbonization initiatives in the aviation sector and accelerate the ecological transition of airports. Eni has been producing Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) biofuel in its…

Neste and Kinder Morgan to create U.S. storage and logistics hub for renewable-fuels feedstock

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (Houston), one of North America’s largest energy infrastructure companies, is partnering with Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), one of the leading providers of renewable and circular solutions, to create a premier domestic raw material storage and logistics hub…

Honeywell and Preem conduct commercial co-processing trial to produce renewable fuel

Honeywell announced the completion of a commercial refinery trial with Preem AB (both Stockholm, Sweden) for co-processing of biomass-based pyrolysis oil in a fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) unit. Utilizing UOP’s proprietary bioliquid feed system with Optimix GF Feed Distributor, pyrolysis oil…

Haldor Topsoe and Sasol expand licensing collaboration for sustainable fuels and chemicals

Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) have expanded their G2L collaboration to jointly license and develop their technologies for sustainable liquid fuels and chemicals production through Fischer-Tropsch (FT) technology. Sasol and Topsøe currently offer integrated…

BP and Brightmark exploring development of plastic-waste renewal plants in Europe

Bp plc (London) and Brightmark LLC (San Francisco, Calif.) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly evaluate opportunities for development of the next generation of plastic-waste renewal plants in Germany, the Netherlands, and Belgium. The MOU brings together…

Siemens Energy breaks ground in Chile on commercial-scale plant for producing CO2-neutral fuel

Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) and sports car manufacturer Porsche have joined forces with a number of international companies to build an industrial plant for the production of virtually CO2-neutral fuel (eFuel) in Punta Arenas, Chile. The ground-breaking ceremony for…

Standard Lithium initiates Arkansas carbon capture project

Standard Lithium Ltd. (Vancouver, B.C., Canada), an innovative technology and lithium project development company, announced that it is undertaking a pilot project in southern Arkansas to test a novel carbon capture technology. The pilot project will be undertaken in collaboration…