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New catalyst for renewable-fuels production launched by Grace and Chevron

Advanced Refining Technologies LLC (ART), a joint venture of Chevron Corp. and specialty chemicals leader W. R. Grace & Co. (Grace), have launched Endeavor, a hydroprocessing catalyst solution to produce renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from 100%…

Ecaru, Qalaa Holdings and Axens to collaborate on renewable fuels projects in Egypt

Within the framework of their strategy to provide practical solutions for cleaner energy, ECARU (Egyptian Company for Solid Waste Recycling), Qalaa Holdings, and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) signed a cooperation protocol to carry out technical and economic studies for a project…

Sabic launches pilot blockchain project to advance emissions tracking and reductions across value chains

SABIC (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) has launched a pilot project with Circularise, a blockchain software provider, to evaluate the use of their technology in tracing the carbon footprint of specific material streams from end to end.  Generating and reporting Scope 3…

Koch Modular launches carbon capture demonstration system

Koch Modular (Houston) is launching a new Carbon Capture Demonstration Scale System, aptly named Project Enterprise. This project represents a significant milestone in the advancement of carbon capture technology, and it is poised to achieve a remarkable reduction in carbon…

Gevo and McDermott to collaborate on sustainable aviation fuel facilities

McDermott International Inc. (Houston) has secured a master services agreement (MSA) from Gevo, Inc. (Inglewood, Colo.), to provide front end engineering and early planning services for Gevo's development of multiple sustainable aviation fuel facilities in North America. The first facility,…

Masdar, Mitsubishi Chemical and Inpex jointly exploring “green” polypropylene plant in Abu Dhabi

Masdar (Abu Dhabi), Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp. (MCG Group; Toyko) and INPEX Corp. signed an agreement to explore production of the world’s first commercial-scale polypropylene made from CO2 and green hydrogen in Abu Dhabi. The green hydrogen and CO2 will…

TotalEnergies partners with Rönesans Holding to develop renewable energy projects in Turkey

TotalEnergies SE (Paris, France) has signed an agreement with Rönesans Holding to acquire a 50% stake in Rönesans Enerji and jointly develop, through this joint-venture, renewable projects in Turkey, which is a liberalized growing electricity market. Rönesans Enerji is currently…

Clariant’s catalyst selected for world’s largest e-methanol plant

Clariant AG (Muttenz, Switzerland) methanol synthesis catalyst MegaMax for the world’s largest e-methanol project. Located in Kasso, Denmark, the facility is scheduled to start operations by the end of 2023. It will have the capacity to produce 32,000 tons of…

KBR and Air Liquide to collaborate on mega-scale low-carbon ammonia technologies

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it will now offer its clients the option to include a fully integrated and flexible Autothermal Reforming (ATR) technology solution for the production of low carbon ammonia at mega scale.   This offering brings together KBR’s…

LyondellBasell acquires 50% stake in Dutch plastic-recycling firm

LyondellBasell Industries NV (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced has acquired a 50% stake in Stiphout Industries B.V. Stiphout is involved in the sourcing and processing of post-consumer plastic packaging waste. The company operates a facility located in Montfort, the Netherlands, with…