Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its licensed TC2C crude-to-chemicals technology will move forward in its first commercial deployment through S-Oil's Shaheen Project in South Korea. S-Oil recently confirmed its final investment decision on the Shaheen Project. Once complete, Shaheen will be…
Altana AG (Wesel, Germany) has acquired a stake in the tech startup Saralon. The young company specializes in the development of inks for printing electronics. In addition, it offers prefabricated electronic components that enable printers to quickly build capacities for…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) is opening a new plant for liquid membranes and mortar production in Chongqing, a city in southwestern China with 30 million inhabitants. By commissioning the new plant, Sika is expanding its position in this rapidly growing…
Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese), Eni's chemical company, has acquired the technology to produce enzymes for second-generation ethanol from Royal DSM N.V. (Herleen, the Netherlands). The agreement has a strategic value for Versalis as it integrates with proprietary Proesa technology,…
Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has been chosen as technology provider to Ascension Clean Energy (ACE), an industrial scale low carbon hydrogen-ammonia joint venture project by Clean Hydrogen Works (CHW), Denbury Carbon Solutions and Hafnia. To deliver the 7.2 million metric…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) is investing in a unique project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 billion liters of fresh water per year. The project…
The following lists recently published books of relevance to the chemical process industries (CPI): The Other Side of Safety: Moving from Results-Based to Behavior-Based. By Robert Palmer, CRC Press, 2023, 154 pages, $71.96. A New Approach to HAZOP of Complex…
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for October 2022 (most recent available) fell for the fourth consecutive month, following a long string of monthly increases between November 2020 and June 2022. For the October preliminary data,…
Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) is working with Rio Tinto (London, U.K.) on the development of the BioIron project for low-carbon iron making. As recently announced by Rio Tinto, process effectiveness of the novel low-carbon iron-making process has been successfully proven by small-scale…
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) is using its advanced separation technologies to enable the world’s first commercial scale e-methanol plant, constructed by European Energy. The innovative facility in Kassø, Aabenraa, Denmark will produce 32,000 metric tonnes of carbon neutral fuels…