Honeywell International (Charlotte, N.C.) announced that Total SE (Paris) will use Honeywell UOP Ecofining process technology to produce renewable fuels, primarily for the aviation industry, at its Grandpuits platform at Seine-et-Marne in north central France. Honeywell UOP will provide technology…
A significant breakthrough in the production of the rigid foam component MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate)for the energy-efficient insulation of buildings and refrigeration devices: Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) has successfully put into operation a pilot plant based on the innovative AdiP…
Xcel Energy (Minneapolis, Minn.) will work with Idaho National Laboratory (INL; Idaho Falls) to demonstrate a system that uses a nuclear plant’s steam and electricity to split water. The resulting hydrogen will initially be used at the power plant, but…
Avient Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio; formerly PolyOne) has officially opened its new CycleWorks facility in Pogliano, Italy. The new lab and plant will conduct cutting edge chemistry testing and evaluations to help customers tackle and overcome the challenge of plastics recycling…
For the first time, renewable raw materials are being converted to Swedish Environmental Class 1 diesel at Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) refinery in Lysekil, Sweden. The aim is to annually produce up to 950,000 cubic meters of renewable fuel by…
Total SE (Paris, France) signed a strategic framework agreement with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), to explore joint research, development and deployment partnership opportunities in the areas of CO2 emission reductions and carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).…
Currently, there is growing interest in the prospect of using the existing natural gas infrastructure more extensively to transport hydrogen (H2) – green H2 in particular. Numerous initiatives have already been launched around the world in order to develop enabling…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has selected Axens Vegan technology for its first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain at its Cartagena refinery. This new plant will be capable of producing 250,000 metric tons per year…
NextChem, the group company focused on the global energy transition of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com), has launched MyRechemical, a new subsidiary entirely dedicated to chemical valorization of non-recyclable plastics and “Waste to Chemical” processes. Thanks to this additional…
After more than two years of joint research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Total and Stanford University are releasing an open-source, high-performance simulator for large-scale geological carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. The GEOSX simulator will enable researchers around the world to…