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Honeywell and EnLink Midstream partner on Gulf Coast carbon-capture projects

Honeywell International, Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.) and EnLink Midstream, LLC (Dallas, Tex.) announced they will work together to deliver carbon capture solutions to industrial-scale carbon dioxide (CO2) emitters within the U.S. Gulf Coast area. The Honeywell and EnLink relationship will focus on…

BASF completes optical brightener expansion in Switzerland

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has completed a double-digit million euro investment to increase production capacity for Tinopal CBS optical brighteners at its site in Monthey, Switzerland. Following phase one of the stepwise capacity increase in 2021, the recent completion of…

Evonik Care Solutions expands manufacturing plant in Shanghai

Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) has expanded its manufacturing capacity for the production of TEGOSOFT MM MB (Myristyl Myristate) beginning 1 June 2022. By starting the manufacture of this valuable product at its Care Solutions organics plant in Shanghai, China,…

Perstorp to convert base polyols production to more environmentally friendly grades

To reduce greenhouse gas emissions for its polyol customers and downstream value chains, Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) announced that it is converting all base polyols produced at their Perstorp, Sweden plant – Pentaerythritol (Penta), Neopentyl glycol (Neo) and Trimethylolpropane (TMP)…

Air Products awarded hydrogen and nitrogen supply agreement for IOCL

Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced the signing of a long-term supply agreement with Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. (IOCL; New Delhi), India’s national oil company. Air Products will build, own and operate (BOO) a new industrial gases complex supplying hydrogen,…

Plug Power to build green-hydrogen plant in Belgium

Plug Power Inc. (Latham, N.Y.) will build a 35-ton-per-day green-hydrogen generation plant at Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Belgium. Plug signed a 30-year concession agreement to build the plant at the Belgian port, the second largest in Europe. Plug plans to erect…

2022 sees solid growth in the U.S. chemical industry, despite risks, says ACC mid-year report

Despite ongoing supply chain constraints, the U.S. chemical industry expects to deliver solid growth this year as it benefits from inventory rebuilding, steady demand across many end-use industries, and a continued competitive advantage in natural-gas-based chemistries, according to the American…

Wacker announces joint development project for antimicrobial peptide production

Wacker Chemie AG (Munich, Germany), along with mk2 Biotechnologies and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), announced their joint project targeting the development, large-scale production and purification of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) for diverse applications. The project will run for two…

Chevron Phillips to construct new polyalphaolefins unit in Belgium

Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem; The Woodlands, Tex.) announced new plans to expand its polyalphaolefins (PAO) business with the construction of a new unit in Beringen, Belgium. Once local permits are approved, this significant investment will double the company’s PAO production…

Worley awarded FEED contract for U.K. low-carbon-fuels project

Worley (North Sydney, Australia) was awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) services contract by Alfanar for a low‑carbon fuels project in Teesside, U.K. Alfanar’s Lighthouse Green Fuels project will convert residual solid waste into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and green…