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Bharat Petroleum acquires OQ’s stake in BORL refinery
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL; Mumbai, India) signed a Sales Purchase Agreement with integrated energy company OQ (Muscat, Oman) for the purchase of BPCL’s entire stake in Bharat Oman Refineries Company Ltd, (BORL), a 7.8 million ton/yr petroleum refinery located…
Achieving Plant Efficiency – the Digital Way
The chemical process industries (CPI) are in the midst of a profound evolution, and technological changes — especially those in the digital sphere — are being implemented at an accelerated pace. Simply put, digitalization is the leveraging of digital technologies…
Accenture and Sumitomo Chemical form digitalization JV
Accenture (Dublin, Ireland) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. (Tokyo, Japan) have established a joint venture (JV) SUMIKA DX ACCENT. The joint venture will leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics and other technologies to transform operations and create new…
Lonza divests two sites in France and Scotland
Lonza AG (Basel, Switzerland) has completed the sale of its sites in Ploermel, France and Edinburgh, Scotland to Next Pharma. Gordon Bates, President and Head of Small Molecules, Lonza said: “The strategic divestment of our Ploermel and Edinburgh sites will…
Recycling electrolyte from vanadium RFBs
U.S. Vanadium LLC (Hot Springs, Ark.; www.usvanadium.com) has successfully demonstrated the ability to recycle the liquid electrolyte used in vanadium redox-flow batteries (VRFB), a rapidly growing commercial technology that promises to enable intermittent renewable energy technologies, such as solar and…
Controlling Air Pollution with Ceramic Catalytic Filters
Catalyst-impregnated ceramic filter elements can achieve simultaneous removal of multiple air-pollutant species in a modular, space-saving layout The three most common pollutants found in the air we breathe are particulate matter (PM), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur oxides (SOx). These…
Feeling video fatigue?
It has been a full year since our world was changed by the coronavirus pandemic. The disruptions to our lives have been many, and the one perhaps most invasive to our day-to-day routines has been the need for social distancing.…
Engineering catalysts with ALD
Atomic-layer deposition (ALD), a surface engineering technique that applies layers of coatings in a conformal way at single-atom thicknesses, is being investigated for its potential to improve the selectivity and durability of industrial catalysts under a U.S. Dept. of Energy…
Robust separation seal for a safe compressor shutdown
The CobaSeal (photo) is a robust separation seal with a unique coaxial operating principle. Design studies confirm the CobaSeal maintains its mechanical integrity up to 70 bars and minimizes process gas flow to the bearing cavity when retained properly. The…
Facts At Your Fingertips: Microbial-Influenced Corrosion
Any corrosion process in which microorganisms initiate, facilitate or accelerate corrosive chemical reactions is termed microbially influenced corrosion (MIC). MIC occurs when the chemical, microbiological and physical conditions allow the active growth of biofilms containing specific types of microbes on…