PT Pertamina (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Air Liquide Indonesia agreed to collaborate in developing Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technology at the Balikpapan Refinery Processing Unit. It is a form of Pertamina's commitment to implementing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) aspects…
Saint-Gobain (Courbevoie, France) announced what is said to be the world’s first production of zero-carbon flat glass. This technological feat was achieved by using 100% recycled glass (cullet) and 100% green energy, produced from biogas and decarbonized electricity. It was…
Sika AG (Baar, Switzerland) has opened a new plant in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, thus doubling its production capacity for mortar and concrete admixtures in Bolivia. With this new facility in one of the country’s main industrial agglomerations, Sika…
The Chemours Co. (Wilmington, Del.) announced its participation leading a three-year recycling research project in collaboration with industry, academic, and government experts to develop an efficient, cost-effective, and more sustainable process for recovering titanium dioxide (TiO2) and polymers from plastic…
TotalEnergies (Paris) has launched a worldwide drone-based emissions detection and quantification campaign across all its upstream Oil & Gas operated sites. The campaign uses AUSEA technology developed by TotalEnergies, the French National Research Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and University…
Aspen Technology Inc. (Bedford, Mass.) announced the completion of its transaction with Emerson Electric Co. (St. Louis, Mo.), including the addition of Emerson’s OSI Inc. and Geological Simulation Software (GSS) businesses to AspenTech. As part of the close of the…
Linde plc (Guildford, U.K.) and bp plc (London) announced plans to advance a major carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Texas that will enable low carbon hydrogen production at Linde’s existing facilities. The development will also support the storage…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) has expanded the production capacity for its antioxidant Irganox 1010 at its site on Jurong Island, Singapore, by integrating an additional production line into the existing production facilities. “By expanding our production capacity, we respond to…
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) and Australia’s national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO; Melbourne), have signed a global exclusive cooperation agreement on the delivery of SwirlFlow agitation technology for the Bauxite and Alumina sector outside of China.…
Technip Energies (Paris) announced that OCIKUMHO Sdn. Bhd., a joint venture between OCIM Sdn. Bhd. and Kumho P&B Chemicals has signed a license agreement for a 100,000-ton/yr EPICEROL plant for the production of epichlorohydrin (ECH) from glycerine. ECH is a…