BASF SE (Ludwigshafgen, Germany) decided to build a new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France. The new plant is set to increase BASF’s HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). Production is expected to start…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded an engineering services contract by Woodside Energy (USA) Inc. for its proposed H2OK liquid hydrogen production facility project in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide a…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that PT Polytama Propindo will use the LyondellBasell Spheripol technology for expanding their existing facility. The process technology will be used for an additional 300,000-ton/yr polypropylene plant to be built in Balongan, West Java, Indonesia,…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) says that it will construct South Korea’s first and its own hydrothermal plastics recycle facility using supercritical water. Supercritical water refers to a chemical recycling technology that converts mixed plastic streams into fossil-replacement oils…
Australian renewable-energy firm Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) and Covestro AG (Leverkusen, Germany) intend to enter into a long-term agreement for the supply of green hydrogen and its derivatives, including green ammonia. According to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), FFI and…
French President Emmanuel Macron and Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.) Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa will jointly announce Eastman's plan to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. This facility would use Eastman's…
bp plc (London) and the Ministry of Energy and Minerals in Oman signed a Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) and a Renewables Data Collection Agreement which will support the potential development of a multiple gigawatt, world-class renewable energy and green hydrogen…
Haldor Topsoe A/S (Lyngby, Denmark) has announced that Indaba Renewable Fuels (Indaba; Newport Beach, Calif.) will build two greenfield refineries in California and Missouri to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) utilizing Topsoe’s HydroFlex technology. The facilities are expected to begin production of SAF in 2024…
Lummus Technology (Houston) has been awarded a contract from LUKOIL Permnefteorgsintez for a new integrated methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) and alkylation plant at LUKOIL's refinery in Perm, Russia. The MTBE unit will use Lummus' CDEtherol technology and the alkylation unit…
Albemarle Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) and 6K, an emerging leader of microwave-controlled plasma technology, announced they have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the use of 6K's patented UniMelt advanced, sustainable materials production platform to develop novel lithium battery materials…