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Pertamina, Keppel Infrastructure and Chevron exploring green hydrogen and ammonia projects in Indonesia

Pertamina Power Indonesia (Pertamina NRE), Keppel Infrastructure, through Keppel New Energy Pte. Ltd., and Chevron Corp., through Chevron New Energies International Pte. Ltd. (Chevron New Energies), have signed a Joint Study Agreement (JSA) to explore the development of selected green…

Invista breaks ground for new nylon polymer plant in South Carolina

INVISTA (Wichita, Kan.) announced that its nylon site in South Carolina hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for a new nylon polymer facility, a milestone that represents the site’s transformation to a global-scale nylon 6,6 production facility. The highly anticipated 90,000-square-foot facility…

2022 CEPCI Updates: September (prelim.) and August (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for September 2022 (most recent available) fell for the third consecutive month, following after a long string of increases between November 2020 and June 2022. For the September preliminary data,…

CE Podcast: Guest Gavin Towler of Honeywell UOP discusses decarbonization

This episode of the CE Podcast features Honeywell UOP Chief Technology Officer Gavin Towler discussing the current state of key energy-transition technologies. Towler talks with Chemical Engineering magazine senior editor Scott Jenkins about hydrogen generation and storage, carbon capture and…

Axens acquires industrial wastewater specialist HydroThane

Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) has acquired HydroThane Holding BV, an engineering company specialized in biological technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater streams. The biogas produced through this technology can be further valorized after biochemical and chemical desulfurization process, part of…

Bayer acquires German crop-protection startup Targenomix

Bayer AG (Leverkusen, Germany) announced the acquisition of German biotech start-up Targenomix. The spin-off of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI MPP) uses novel systems biology and computational life science tools to identify new modes of action…

Solvay resumes soda-ash expansion in Wyoming

Solvay S.A. ( Brussels, Belgium) announces plans to resume the construction of its soda ash capacity expansion in Green River, Wyoming, extending its position as a global leader. The expansion will raise the sites capacity to 600,000 metric tons per…

Install the right instruments for a safe and effective SPCC plan

Sponsored by   In every plant and every facility across all industries, safety should be the top consideration when commissioning control systems. For this reason, spill prevention, control and counter measure is a must in any setting where chemicals or…

Amogy and Yara Clean Ammonia sign collaboration agreement

Amogy Inc. and Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA), a decarbonization-focused subsidiary of leading global ammonia producer, Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway)have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), under which Yara will consider Amogy’s ammonia-to-power system as a zero-emissions solution for use…

Wood wins FEED contract for Gen2 Energy’s green hydrogen project in Norway

Wood plc (Aberdeen, U.K.) has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) scope for Gen2 Energy’s green hydrogen production facility, located in Mosjøen in northern Norway. Gen2 Energy is a Norwegian company dedicated to developing, building, owning and operating an…