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Mura Technology to expand partnership with WMG to further develop advanced recycling

Mura Technology (London) announced a continuation of the collaboration with WMG at the University of Warwick and Innovate UK (IUK) to continue their work on sustainability with a new IUK funded, two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). WMG will develop operational…

Aramco acquires majority share in Petro Rabigh refining and petrochemical complex in Saudi Arabia

Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire an additional stake of approximately 22.5% in Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh), the refining and petrochemical complex located on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s west coast, from…

Clariant deoxygenation catalyst selected for green ammonia project in China

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that a deoxygenation catalyst from its EnviCat Green series was selected for a major green ammonia project in China. The catalyst will be used to remove trace oxygen…

Petrofac awarded FEED contract for TotalEnergies CCS project in the Netherlands

Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) announced that its Consulting team in Woking, U.K. has strengthened its position in supporting the Netherlands’ ambitions for CO2 capture and storage (CCS) with an award from TotalEnergies EP Nederland BV of multi-million-dollar front-end-engineering design…

Masdar and TotalEnergies to develop a commercial methanol-to-SAF project in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC – Masdar, has signed an agreement with TotalEnergies (Paris) to assess the viability of developing a commercial green hydrogen to methanol to SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) project. The focus of the project is to…

Arcadium acquires lithium metal business of Li-Metal Corp.

Arcadium Lithium plc (Philadelphia, Pa.) announced it has acquired the lithium metal business of Li-Metal Corp. (Markham, Ont., Canada).  The all-cash $11-million acquisition includes the intellectual property and physical assets related to lithium metal production, including a pilot production facility…

Chevron moves corporate headquarters from California to Houston

Chevron Corp. (Houston) announced the relocation of the company’s headquarters from San Ramon, Calif., to Houston, Tex. and senior leadership changes. Chevron Chairman and CEO, Mike Wirth, and Vice Chairman, Mark Nelson, will move to Houston before the end of…

Nippon Shokubai to construct new SAP plant in Indonesia

Nippon Shokubai Ltd. (Tokyo) has announced a plan to build a superabsorbent polymers (SAP) plant with 50,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) at its Indonesian subsidiary, PT. Nippon Shokubai Indonesia (NSI). This new plant will augment an existing SAP plant…

Indorama Ventures joins the T-REX Project to accelerate textile recycling

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited has announced its participation in the groundbreaking T-REX (Textile Recycling Excellence) Project. This initiative aims to establish a harmonized European blueprint for the closed-loop sorting and recycling of household textile waste to help the fashion…

Parker Hannifin divests composites manufacturing business in North America

Parker Hannifin Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio) announced it has signed an agreement to divest its North America Composites and Fuel Containment (CFC) Division to private investment firm SK Capital Partners. With the completion of this transaction the company will have successfully…