Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Houston) announced that it is moving forward with a key expansion project along the Houston Ship Channel in response to continued strong customer demand for natural gas liquids export capacity. At the Enterprise Hydrocarbons Terminal (EHT),…
Technip Energies (Paris) has been awarded an Engineering and Procurement contract by Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem; The Woodlands, Tex.) for the supply of a proprietary Low-Emission Cracking Furnace in an existing olefins unit at its facility in Sweeny, Texas. This…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) announced that it is moving forward with a carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) project at its Yazoo City, Mississippi, Complex that is expected to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted to the atmosphere from the…
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany has signed an agreement to sell its global Surface Solutions pigments business unit to Global New Material International Holdings (GNMI) Ltd. for €665 million in cash. Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, intends to use the net proceeds…
Solid-oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) and solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) technologies are poised to change the face of power generation and hydrogen production. SOEC offers intrinsically higher efficiencies than other electrolysis technologies, such as alkaline, polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) or anion-exchange membrane…
Hystar AS has signed an agreement with Finnish mostly state-owned energy company Fortum to supply a 0.75 MW PEM electrolyzer for Fortum’s hydrogen pilot plant in Källa, Loviisa, Finland. Fortum’s hydrogen pilot plant, located east of Helsinki, is set to be…
Invista (Wichita, Kan.) announced its intention to invest approximately $23 million CAD ($17 million USD) in the re-commissioning of hexamethylene diamine (HMD) assets at its Maitland, Ontario, Canada, site. HMD is a key ingredient in the production of nylon 6,6,…
Euglena Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), Petroliam Nasional Berhad of Malaysia (Petronas), and Enilive SpA of Italy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eni SpA, fave made a final investment decision for a project (hereinafter "the Project") to construct and operate a biofuel…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) announced an investment to expand the capacity of its sodium chlorate manufacturing facility in Ortigueira, Brazil. The investment, a strategic priority for Kemira’s Pulp & Paper business, will enable Kemira to respond to the continued growth…
Shell Deutschland GmbH has made the final investment decision for REFHYNE II, a 100-megawatt hydrogen electrolyzer with polymer electrolyte membrane technology (PEM) in the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rhineland. Using renewable electricity, REFHYNE II is expected to produce up…