TotalEnergies SE (Paris) and Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria) announced the startup of their Baystar joint venture’s new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar polyethylene (PE) unit, which more than doubles the current production capacity at Baystar’s site in Bayport, Texas. The new…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SolydEra, to offer an integrated solution for producing lower cost clean ammonia using renewable energy. Under the terms of the MoU, KBR will integrate SolydEra's Solid…
ABB Ltd. (Zurich, Switzerland) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement with U.K.-based clean technology group Altilium to jointly explore how the integration of automation, electrification and digital technologies in plants across Europe can support the scaling up of…
TotalEnergies EP Canada Ltd. has finalized the sale to ConocoPhillips of its 50% interest in the Surmont oil sands asset and associated midstream commitments. The transaction, for a base amount of C$4.03 billion (about US$3.0 billion) plus up to C$440…
Metso Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has signed an agreement to acquire Tedd Engineering, a privately owned company specialized in automation, control systems, and electrical solutions for mobile equipment and aftermarket, primarily focusing on the aggregates business. Tedd Engineering employs approximately 70…
Solenis (Wilmington, Del.) completed the acquisition of CedarChem LLC on October 2, 2023. As part of the acquisition, Solenis will acquire all CedarChem operating assets. Headquartered in Cedartown, Georgia, CedarChem offers a full suite of water and wastewater treatment products for…
Lummus Technology (Houston) has announced an agreement with Dongyang Environment Group to deploy Lummus' advanced plastics recycling technology in South Korea. The plant will be located in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, and will be operated by Dongyang Environment's subsidiary, Seohae Green…
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has licensed Honeywell Ecofining technology to produce renewable fuels from feedstocks such as used cooking oil and waste animal fat at Repsol’s facility in Puertollano, Spain. Repsol is designing…
The first deployment of a fully modular, 10 tons per day (TPD) industrial CycloneCC carbon capture unit has been announced by ADNOC and Carbon Clean, a global leader in cost-effective carbon capture solutions. ADNOC has selected Carbon Clean’s innovative modular…
Coast Southwest announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of the Paso Robles, CA, surfactant manufacturing facility from The Lubrizol Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio). Currently, the plant manufactures surfactants used in a wide range of personal care and industrial…