Avantium N.V. (Amsterdam. The Netherlands) announced that it has taken a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on the construction of its Flagship Plant to produce furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA). The positive FID was taken after the Company fulfilled all three Key Conditions…
Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) have entered a collaboration agreement to develop solutions for enzymatic carbon capture, a biological and cost-effective alternative to traditional carbon capture. The ambition is to bring advanced enzyme-based carbon…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) has awarded thyssenkrupp Uhde Chlorine Engineers GmbH (Dortmund, Germany) a contract to supply a more than 2-GW electrolysis plant for one of the world’s largest green hydrogen projects at NEOM in Saudi Arabia. Under this…
Chevron Lummus Global LLC (CLG; Richmond, Calif.) and Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.aramco.com) have signed a Joint Collaboration and License Agreement to co-develop and license Saudi Aramco's Heavy Oil Processing Initiative (HOPI+) technology. HOPI+ aims to achieve relatively higher…
DuPont Clean Technologies announces that the STRATCO alkylation unit at the Fujian Refining and Petrochemical Co., Ltd (FREP) refinery in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China, has successfully started up and completed the performance test, certifying that the unit is meeting performance guarantees.…
Yara International ASA (Oslo, Norway) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the potential supply of clean ammonia to Sumitomo Chemical for its use in chemicals production, accelerating Japan’s green energy transition. Under this…
Mitsubishi Chemical Methacrylates (MCM) and partner, Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS, announced the successful results of a full-scale production trial for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA; commonly called acrylic) depolymerization at Agilyx’s facility in Tigard, Oregon.…
Clariant’s Catalysts business unit recently made a significant investment to modernize its research facility in Toyama, Japan, preparing it for faster, more efficient experimentation. In addition to being Clariant’s global competence center for nickel-based hydrogenation and styrene catalyst development, the…
TotalEnergies and Plastic Omnium have signed a strategic partnership that will see them join forces to design and develop new plastic materials, made from recycled polypropylene, which meet the demanding aesthetic and safety standards that apply to the automotive industry. …
Kolmar Americas Inc. and Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) have entered into a financeable fuel supply agreement for 45 million gallons per year (on a neat basis) of renewable, energy-dense liquid hydrocarbons that are expected to be produced from Gevo’s second…