Lummus Technology (Houston) announced the opening of its cutting-edge research and development (R&D) facility dedicated to advancing its Zimpro suite of water and wastewater treatment technologies. Officially named the Lummus Green Circle Labs and located in La Porte, Texas, the…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has been awarded a contract by SABIC Fujian Petrochemicals to license KBR's market-leading phenol technology in China. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology licensing and proprietary engineering design for a…
LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced the opening of the plastics recycling joint venture (JV) in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province in Southern China with Genox Recycling (Genox). The plastic recycling plant will use mechanical recycling technology to recycle plastic waste…
Cepsa Química (Madrid, Spain) has signed an agreement with Evos, a leading liquid energy and chemical storage company with hubs in strategic locations across Europe, to enable the storage of green methanol to be produced by Cepsa at Evos’ storage…
Perstorp AB (Malmö, Sweden) has celebrated the opening of a facility that will enable wastewater from the water treatment plant run by the municipality to be further purified and reused for cooling at the Perstorp Oxo production plant in Stenungsund.…
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and JERA Co., Inc. (Tokyo) , Japan’s largest energy company, announced that they have executed a joint development agreement (JDA) to explore the development of greenfield low-carbon ammonia production capacity at CF Industries’ Blue…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake of nearly 78% in Proionic, a leading startup in the production and development of ionic liquids, which are key components for the next generation of lithium-ion batteries.…
The Open Process Automation Standard (O-PAS) includes a business guide that outlines the business benefits of interoperability. This article discusses the benefits in the chemical industry While envisioning the Open Process Automation Standard (O-PASTM), the Open Group’s (www.opengroup.org) Open Process…
In its efforts to advance chemical recycling, Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has successfully conducted its first processing trial run with a new challenging raw material, liquefied discarded tires. In the processing run, Neste produced high-quality raw material for new plastics…
Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security (Auburn, Ala.; eng.auburn.edu/mccrary) was awarded a $10 million Department of Energy grant in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL; Oak Ridge, Tenn.; www.ornl.gov) to create a pilot regional cybersecurity…