Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded a substantial Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract in consortium with TARGET Engineering by Abu Dhabi Polymers co. Ltd. (Borouge), a joint-venture between The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Borealis Group AG…
Engie S.A. (La Défense, Courbevoie, France) and Masdar have signed a strategic alliance agreement to explore the co-development of a U.A.E.-based green hydrogen hub. The two companies are looking to develop projects with a capacity of at least 2 GW…
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. (Montreal) will undertake a definitive feasibility study for Verdant Minerals Pty Ltd on their Ammaroo Phosphate Project in the Northern Territory of Australia. SNC-Lavalin is providing engineering and procurement services to assess the feasibility of a 4,500-metric…
INEOS (London) announced that its Forties Pipeline System (Ineos FPS) will deploy innovative Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven optimization technology at its Kinneil Terminal in Grangemouth that will deliver further carbon emissions reductions from its operations. The decision follows the announcement of…
Metso Outotec Corp. (Helsinki, Finland) is introducing the next generation of its Circored process for the direct reduction of iron ore fines. The process uses hydrogen as a reducing agent instead of CO produced from fossil fuels, allowing the iron and…
Clariant Catalysts is participating in Germany’s TransHyDE project AmmoRef, which is tasked to develop process technologies and catalysts for ammonia cracking to facilitate future hydrogen transport, also for large distances. With €14 million in funding from the German Federal Ministry…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) has licensed its UNIPOL PP process technology to Oriental Energy for its Maoming, China, plant. This is Oriental Energy’s fifth polypropylene line, and its fourth using Grace’s UNIPOL PP process technology with a production capacity of…
Malta Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.), a developer of grid-scale, long-duration energy storage, and Bechtel (Reston, Va.), announced they are teaming up to pursue new energy storage projects around the world. The companies will work together to develop and deploy Malta's 10-150+…
Arkema (Colombes, France) has announced a 50% global capacity expansion for its Oleris advanced bio-materials, expected to start mid-2022. It includes C7, C11 and C18 materials, comprising n-heptanoic acid, n-heptaldehyde, undecylenic acid and Esterol A. This new production capacity will…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has signed with Abu Dhabi Polymers Company Ltd. (Borouge) three EPC contracts relating to the world-class fourth expansion phase (Borouge 4) of the Ruwais polyolefins complex in Ruwais, located about 240 km west of Abu Dhabi…