SHV Energy (Hoofddorp, The Netherlands) and LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.) announced a new strategic partnership to employ LanzaTech’s Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) technology to bring renewable propane and other sustainable fuels to the market via existing and novel pathways. The…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has secured a contract from a leading midstream company for a world-scale olefins production facility to be built on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the license…
Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) and Sojitz Corp. (Toyko) have signed an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) that will produce and market bioMEG (monoethylene glycol) and bioMPG (monopropylene glycol). Subject to the conclusion of technology development in 2022, the…
Aker Carbon Capture (Lysaker, Norway) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to pursue joint innovation and explore opportunities to offer services in the Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) market. CCUS is a critical solution to achieve…
TotalEnergies SE (Paris) announced that the "3D" industrial pilot to demonstrate an innovative process for capturing CO2 from industrial activities is now running at ArcelorMittal’s Dunkirk site. With support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation program, the…
Chlor-alkali and PVC company Vynova Group (Tessenderlo, Belgium) has inaugurated a state-of-the-art hydrogen-fired steam boiler system at its site in Tessenderlo, Belgium. By the end of this year, the company will install a second, identical steam boiler. Thanks to both…
Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) and Recycling Technologies Ltd. (RT) announced their collaboration on the development of technology and manufacturing of RT’s advanced waste plastic recycling machine, the RT7000. RT’s innovative technology, the RT7000, turns hard-to-recycle plastic, such as films, bags,…
Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland) signed a cooperation agreement with Uzbekistan-based companies Ferkensco Management Limited and Enter Engineering Pte to support the construction of an ammonia-based fertilizer plant in Uzbekistan. The agreement was signed at the Tashkent International Investment Forum. The…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Houston) announced that construction of the new linear alpha olefins (LAO) manufacturing unit at its Baytown, Texas, integrated petrochemical complex is progressing and targeting commercial start up in mid-2023. When fully operational, the new facility will have the…
Arlanxeo announced plans to increase annual production capacity by 15% at its ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) plant in Changzhou, China. Leveraging on its industry-leading R&D capability at the Changzhou plant, the operations efficiency advancement project will support the production…