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Tata Chemicals Europe signs low-carbon hydrogen offtake agreement

Tata Chemicals Europe (TCE) and Vertex Hydrogen have signed a ‘Heads of Terms’ offtake agreement for over 200 megawatts of low carbon hydrogen. TCE is one of Europe’s leading producers of sodium carbonate, salt, sodium bicarbonate and other products used…

Strohm completes plant expansion for thermoplastic composite pipes

Strohm B.V. (Ijmuiden, the Netherlands), the world’s first and leading producer of Thermoplastic Composite Pipes (TCP), has completed its plant expansion in The Netherlands, as it sets out to accelerate growth and support the energy transition. The expansion is the…

Braskem America receives ISCC Plus certification for all U.S. polypropylene sites

Braskem S.A. (São Paulo, Brazil) announced that Braskem America has received International Sustainability & Carbon PLUS (ISCC PLUS) certification for all five of its polypropylene (PP) manufacturing facilities in the United States. Mark Nikolich, Chief Executive Officer of Braskem America,…

Topsoe and Steeper Energy to introduce new waste-to-biofuel technology platform

Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) and Steeper Energy, a pioneer within biomass conversion technologies, have today signed a global licensing agreement for a complete waste-to-fuel solution. The agreement combines Topsoe’s unique technologies in renewable fuels and hydrogen production as well as…

Veolia and OLI Systems join forces to provide advanced water-chemistry services to refining and petrochemical facilities

Veolia Water Technologies & Solutions announced a collaboration with OLI Systems, a leader in water chemistry-based process simulation and electrolyte thermodynamics, to optimize operating performance in the refining and petrochemical industries through the use of OLI's innovative cloud platform that delivers…

Phillips 66’s Sweeny Refinery awarded certification to process waste oils into plastic feedstock

Phillips 66 Co. (Houston) announced it has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its Sweeny Refinery in Texas to process oil made from waste plastics into feedstocks for new plastics. “Phillips 66 is committed to keeping…

Orion Engineered Carbons announces $60-million emissions-reduction project

Orion Engineered Carbons (Houston) will sharply reduce air emissions at its Borger, Texas, plant with new control technology. The $60 million project also involved upgrading the site’s cogeneration system, which takes heat created by the carbon black production process and…

Citroniq Chemicals signs renewable-polypropylene supply agreement with Mitsui Plastiscs

Citroniq Chemicals LLC (Houston), a world-scale producer of carbon-negative materials, and Mitsui Plastics, Inc (MPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., announced the execution of a letter of intent for a large-scale supply agreement for sustainable…

Cepsa, partners to develop 200-MW electrolysis plant at Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley

Cepsa  (Madrid, Spain), Enagás Renovable, one of the largest European developers of renewable gas projects, and Alter Enersun, a company dedicated to the promotion of renewable energy generation facilities, have signed an agreement to jointly develop a green hydrogen plant…

Kemira acquires advanced process optimization startup SimAnalytics

Following an initial investment in August 2021, Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) has now acquired the entirety of  SimAnalytics. With the acquisition, Kemira strengthens its capability to support its customers’ business with data-driven predictive services and machine learning solutions. “Services are…