Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, Colo.) and Axens North America, Inc. (Axens) have entered into an agreement that establishes a strategic alliance aimed at accelerating the commercialization of sustainable ethanol-to-jet (ETJ) projects in the United States. As part of the alliance, Axens brings technologies with over 60…
Nova Energies – a joint venture of Technip Energies (Paris) and NIPIGAS – has been awarded a Pre-FEED contract by Sibur Holding PJSC (Moscow, Russia) to study potential Carbon Capture solutions for its “ZapSibNeftekhim” plant. The scope of Nova Energies'…
The ORLEN Unipetrol Group (Prague) has announced plans to increase the capacity of its petrochemical operations. Following the completion of a brand-new polyethylene unit (PE3) to produce the cutting-edge high-density polyethylene, the Group now plans to raise steam cracker yields.…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that its ammonia technology has been selected by ACME Group for its breakthrough green ammonia project to be built in Oman. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license, engineering, proprietary equipment, catalyst,…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) plans to build its first, large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, and is expected to start operations by year-end 2022. The advanced recycling operation in Baytown, Texas will be among the largest in…
LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it will invest around 60 billion won to construct an Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) compound plant at the site of the company's Ohio Tech Center in the United States with an annual…
In parallel with its major project to increase global capacity of bio-based polyamide 11 by 50% in Singapore, Arkema (Colombes, France) has announced the construction of a polyamide 11 powders plant on its Changshu platform in China, scheduled to come…
Emerson (St. Louis, Mo.; www.emerson.com) and AspenTech (Bedford, Mass.; www.aspentech.com) today announced that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement to contribute Emerson’s industrial software businesses – OSI Inc. and the Geological Simulation Software business – to AspenTech…
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) is investing to expand its refinery in Mažeikiai. By the end of this year, construction will start on a project to build deep-crude conversion units enabling production of larger volumes of high-margin products. According to the…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced that its new liquid hydrogen plant at its La Porte, Texas facility is onstream to supply increasing demand in several customer markets. The new La Porte liquid hydrogen plant produces approximately 30 tons per…