SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), OQ and Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) have signed a Project Development Agreement of a jointly owned petrochemical complex in the Special Economic Zone at Duqm (SEZAD), the Sultanate of Oman. The three companies aim to establish…
As part of the H2Stahl real laboratory sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK), the industrial gases company Air Liquide (Paris) has now completed a pipeline to thyssenkrupp Steel in Duisburg. The approximately four-kilometer-long…
Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; Tokyo) has decided to license its technology to produce vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to Asian Paints Limited, a leading paint and décor company in India , under a formal alliance agreement between SDK and KBR, Inc.…
Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) has constructed a new pilot facility for chemical recycling of acrylic resin (polymethyl methacrylate or PMMA) at its Ehime Works in Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. Samples of chemically recycled methyl methacrylate or MMA monomer…
ArcelorMittal announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Polish scrap metal recycling business, Zakład Przerobu Złomu (Złomex). Transaction closing, which is subject to customary regulatory approvals is expected during the first half of 2023. Zlomex operates scrap yards in…
Albemarle Lithium Pty Ltd has awarded Metso Outotec Oy (Helsinki, Finland) an order for two pyro processing and comminution lines for their Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia. Previously, Metso Outotec has delivered two similar pyro process lines…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) announced that its second Advanced SCLAIRTECH technology (AST2) facility and the third phase of the Corunna Cracker Expansion Project have each reached mechanical completion. The world-scale AST2 facility, located at the new Rokeby Site…
Digital transformation in the chemical process industries demands open architecture, enterprise-wide interoperability and a focus on sustainability. Progress discussed here is moving the industry in that direction Many companies in the chemical process industries (CPI) are currently pursuing digital transformations…
Potential maintenance and repair cost savings are significant when employing vapor corrosion inhibitors either as a standalone mitigation technique, or as a complement to conventional cathodic protection methods, in aboveground storage tanks Mitigation of external corrosion on the bottoms of…
In a typical bulk-solids pneumatic-conveying system, an air mover is used to generate the necessary air flowrate and pressure required to transport a solid material through a pipeline at a given rate. This one-page reference discusses the operating mechanisms and…