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ConocoPhillips to acquire Marathon Oil Corp. for $22.5 billion

ConocoPhillips (Houston) and Marathon Oil Corp. (Houston) announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which ConocoPhillips will acquire Marathon Oil in an all-stock transaction with an enterprise value of $22.5 billion, inclusive of $5.4 billion of…

Trial carbon-capture unit begins operating on blast furnace at ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium

ArcelorMittal and partners Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), BHP, along with Mitsubishi Development Pty Ltd (Mitsubishi Development) have successfully started operating a pilot carbon capture unit on the blast furnace off-gas at ArcelorMittal Gent in Belgium. The pilot carbon capture…

Hexcel and Fairmat enter agreement to expand composite-material recycling in the U.S.

Hexcel Corp. (Stamford, Conn.) and Fairmat announced a 10-year agreement to recycle carbon fiber composite materials from Hexcel Salt Lake City for reuse in composite materials sold into various commercial markets. Fairmat, a leading international carbon fiber recycler and material…

Neste expands its sustainable aviation fuel supply capabilities in Europe in partnership with VTTI

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has further expanded its capability to supply sustainable aviation fuel to customers in Europe in cooperation with VTTI, a global leader in energy storage and developer of energy infrastructure. Neste commissioned terminal capacity at VTTI’s ETT…

ENEOS and PFN begin world’s first AI-based autonomous operation of crude-oil processing unit

ENEOS Corp. (Tokyo) and Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN) announced that they started continuous autonomous operation of an atmospheric distillation unit for processing crude oil in January 2024. ENEOS also has an atmospheric distillation unit currently operated autonomously with an AI…

SUEZ acquires stakes in two startup firms in North America, Airex Energy and Subeca

SUEZ Group (Paris) announced its acquisition of stakes in the innovative North American companies Airex Energy and Subeca, amounting to 8 million euros. These two investments in support of climate change adaptation and mitigation reinforce SUEZ’ innovation dynamic. They fall…

Ohmium selected to provide PEM electrolyzers for first green-hydrogen project in Croatia

Ohmium International, a green-hydrogen company that designs, manufactures and deploys advanced Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzers, was selected to equip the first green hydrogen project in Croatia. Ohmium was selected to serve as the PEM electrolyzer supplier for IVICOM, a…

Air Products to invest $70 Million to expand Membrane Solutions center in Missouri

Air Products Membrane Solution (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) announced it will invest more than $70 million to significantly expand its manufacturing and logistics center in Maryland Heights, near St. Louis, Missouri. The investment, which is Air Products Membrane Solutions’ largest ever,…

Neste, Marubeni and Resonac to cooperate on renewable chemicals in Japan

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland), Marubeni Corp. and Resonac Corp. (Tokyo) have entered into a cooperative agreement to enable the production of renewable olefins and derivatives. The cooperation involves Neste RE™, a Neste-produced renewable raw material, being used to manufacture products…

Asahi Kasei completes new filter-assembly plant in Japan

Asahi Kasei Corp. (Tokyo) announced that Asahi Kasei Medical has completed the construction of its third assembly plant for Planova virus-removal filters in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan, and held its completion ceremony on May 24, 2024. The bioprocess business of Asahi…