Stamicarbon BV (Sittard, the Netherlands), the innovation and license company of MAIRE Group, has signed a license agreement with its customer in the U.S. to develop a basic engineering design package for a 450 metric tons per day (m.t./d) green…
Samsung Engineering (Seoul, South Korea) and OMV AG (Vienna, Austria) announced the signing of an MoU to cooperate on projects from the early development stage. The MoU was signed at the OMV headquarters in Vienna, Austria, by Martijn van Koten,…
Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) has officially opened its Technology Center in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Occupying 70,000 square ft., the center provides a unique and interactive destination for the company’s strategic partners and customers. The facility showcases Henkel’s entire technology portfolio…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for March 2023 (most recent available) is slightly higher than the February values. All four subindices (Equipment, Buildings, Construction Labor, and Engineering & Supervision) rose slightly from the previous month.…
Royal Vopak N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) has entered into a binding agreement to sell its terminal in Savannah, Ga. to BWC Terminals, a U.S.-based bulk-liquids storage company. The operational capacity of Vopak Terminal Savannah is 250,566 m3. This capacity is…
Worley (North Sydney, Australia) and Graforce, a German provider of zero carbon hydrogen plants are cooperating to scale methane electrolysis (plasmolysis) starting in Australia, Pacific, Asia and China. Plasmolysis converts natural gas, LNG, flare gas and other hydrocarbons into hydrogen…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced a $10-million project to significantly increase hollow fiber membrane production at its St. Louis, Missouri facility. “We’re excited to announce this investment in our production facility that will deliver substantial capacity and efficiency enhancements…
Trinseo (Berwyn, Pa.) announced the inauguration of its polycarbonate (PC) dissolution pilot facility in Terneuzen, the Netherlands on April 5, 2023. The new pilot facility is a major step in Trinseo’s commitment to sustainability, part of the journey in realizing…
Dow (Midland, Michigan; www.dow.com) and X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC (Rockville, Md; www.x-energy.com) announced that Dow has selected its Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) Seadrift Operations manufacturing site in Texas for its proposed advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear project. The project…
Royal Vopak (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the start of operation at 16 new tanks with a combined capacity of 64,000 cubic meters at its Vlaardingen terminal in the port of Rotterdam. The new tanks are designed to store waste-based feedstocks…