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Air Liquide, Chevron, LyondellBasell and Uniper to pursue low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia project along the U.S. Gulf Coast

Air Liquide (Paris), Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) have announced their intent to collaborate on a joint study that will evaluate and potentially advance the development of a hydrogen and ammonia…

thyssenkrupp Uhde appointed for Oracle Power green hydrogen and ammonia project in Pakistan

U.K.-based resources project developer Oracle Power PLC (London) announced the appointment of Thyssenkrupp Uhde (Dortmund, Germany) to lead the technical and commercial feasibility study for the green hydrogen and ammonia project, being developed by the Company's joint venture company, Oracle…

Eni considering construction of new biorefinery at Livorno site

Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) said that it is investigating the opportunity to build a new biorefinery at Eni's industrial site in Livorno, Italy. The feasibility study involves building three new plants for the production of hydrogenated biofuel: a biogenic feedstock…

Cyclyx, ExxonMobil and LyondellBasell advance first-of-its-kind plastic-waste processing facility in Houston

 Cyclyx International, ExxonMobil Corp. and LyondellBasell have signed an agreement to advance development of a first-of-its-kind plastic waste sorting and processing facility in the Houston area. The new facility addresses a critical missing link in the plastic waste supply chain…

TotalEnergies Corbion and Tomra announce successful demonstration of PLA bioplastic sortability

TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands) has announced a breakthrough in the circular plastics economy by proving that polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastic can be sorted with municipal plastic waste. With the aim of determining the sortability of PLA from municipal mixed…

Mitsui Chemicals signs MOU with Shell for ethylene derived from plastic waste

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd, a Singapore registered company, to agree on a supply of ethylene derived from plastic waste. In turn, Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. – part of…

Sasol and ArcelorMittal join forces to develop carbon-capture technology

Sasol Ltd. (Johannesburg, South Africa) and ArcelorMittal South Africa have announced a partnership to develop carbon capture technology to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals, and green steel production through green hydrogen and derivatives. Under a joint development agreement (JDA), they…

GS Caltex selects KBR’s recycling technology for circular plastics project

KBR, Inc. (Houston) announced that it has won a contract from GS Caltex (Seoul, South Korea)for its planned plastics circularity project in South Korea. Based on KBR and Mura's Hydro-PRT process, the 50,000-ton/yr unit will convert waste plastics into raw…

BP to acquire Houston-based RNG producer Archaea Energy

Bp plc  (London) announced that it has agreed to acquire Archaea Energy Inc. (Houston), a leading producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in the US. The agreed acquisition, which is subject to regulatory and Archaea shareholder approval, will be for…

ArcelorMittal breaks ground on transformational low-carbon steelmaking project in Canada

ArcelorMittal Corp. (Luxembourg) has broken ground on its CAD$1.8 billion investment decarbonization project at the ArcelorMittal Dofasco plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The project, a partnership between ArcelorMittal and the governments of Canada and Ontario, which was first announced in…