Johnson Matthey, a UK-based sustainable technology company, has been selected by Perstorp AB to provide the methanol license and engineering services for its Project Air initiative in Sweden. The project aims to substitute all the fossil methanol used by Perstorp in Europe as raw material for chemical products with sustainable methanol. The plant is expected … Read more
Shell Nanhai BV, a subsidiary of Shell PLC, along with China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), has awarded a contract to Shell Catalyst & Technologies (SC&T) for the third expansion of ethylene production capacity at the CNOOC & Shell Petrochemicals Co. Ltd.’s (CSPC) petrochemical complex in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, China. The project is a … Read more
Toray Industries, Inc. has announced its plan to establish a new research facility at its Nagoya Plant in Aichi Prefecture to accelerate its R&D efforts towards green transformation and advanced mobility. The new facility will integrate diverse elemental technologies from within and outside the Toray Group to develop materials using the concept of fusing green … Read more
Carbon Clean, a global leader in cost-effective carbon capture solutions, has been awarded the contract to supply carbon capture equipment for Ørsted’s FlagshipONE eMethanol project in Sweden. The project involves the production of 50,000 tonnes of eMethanol per year for the shipping industry, which is responsible for about 3% of global carbon emissions. Carbon Clean’s … Read more
Nuberg EPC, the leading Indian Global EPC company announced that it has been awarded 550 TPD (tons per day) Sulfuric Acid Plant project on EPC based contract in Neratovice, Czech Republic. The project is owned by Spolana s.r.o, a leading chemical manufacturer located on the Elbe riverbank in Neratovice, Czech Republic. Spolana a.s is one … Read more
Larsen & Toubro, an Indian multi-national engaged in EPC Projects, Hi-Tech Manufacturing, and Services, announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Norway-based H2Carrier (H2C) to co-operate towards developing floating green ammonia projects for industrial-scale applications with an aim to decarbonise the global economy. H2C has proven expertise in developing and integrating … Read more
State-owned power generation company NTPC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tecnimont Private Limited – which is the Indian subsidiary of Italy’s Maire Tecnimont Group. The objective of the MOU, which is non-binding in nature, is to jointly evaluate and explore the possibility to develop a commercial-scale green methanol production facility at NTPC. … Read more
Versalis S.p.A., Eni’s chemical company, has acquired the technology to produce enzymes for second-generation ethanol from Royal DSM N.V. The agreement has a strategic value for Versalis as it integrates with proprietary Proesa technology, applied at the Crescentino plant for the production of sustainable bioethanol and chemical products from lignocellulosic biomass, improving the competitiveness of … Read more
Lummus Technology announced that its licensed TC2CTM crude-to-chemicals technology will move forward in its first commercial deployment through S-Oil’s Shaheen Project in South Korea. S-Oil recently confirmed its final investment decision on the Shaheen Project. Once complete, Shaheen will be one of the world’s largest ethylene plants and the first commercial deployment of TC2C, a … Read more
BASF broke ground on its new Polyurethane Application Development Laboratory in Mumbai, India. The new lab will house state-of-the-art applications equipment in an approximately 2,000 sq meter space. To be inaugurated in 2024, the lab will strengthen collaboration with Indian customers from high-growth industries, including consumer appliances, construction, footwear, furniture, and transportation. It will offer … Read more
APChemi’s patented “Pyromax™” pyrolysis technology for recycling plastic waste closes the gap in the plastic supply chain by taking dirty and mixed plastic waste, including municipal solid waste segregated plastics and multilayer packaging, and breaking it down to produce high quality pyrolysis oil which can be chemically recycled into circular plastics. The process has a … Read more
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) in Golaghat, Assam, India, has selected Lummus Technology’s Novolen for a new 360 KTA polypropylene (PP) unit. Lummus, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, will provide the technology licence, basic design engineering, training, technical services and catalyst supply. “We are honoured to continue supporting NRL’s business and … Read more
Thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGa will provide a license and supply its own equipment for plans to expand the caustic soda plant for Kutch Chemical Industries in Padan, Gujarat, India. The current plant has been operating since 2020 and consists of five electrolyzers with its own technology thyssenkrupp nucera BM Single Element. Due to … Read more
Indorama Ventures (IVL) has signed a license agreement with Shandong Binhua New Material Co., Ltd. (Binhua), a subsidiary of Befar Group, to build, own and operate a propylene oxide (PO), t-Butanol (TBA) and t-Butyl methyl ether (MTBE) co-production unit. Featuring the world’s only MTBE ‘single-step’ reaction technology, IVL’s proprietary innovation, the project is part of … Read more
Lummus Technology has announced a partnership with Braskem, one of the largest biopolymer producers in the world, to license green ethylene technology. Lummus and Braskem will license worldwide technology to produce green ethylene and accelerate the use of bioethanol for chemicals and plastics, supporting the industry’s efforts towards a carbon-neutral circular economy. “We are truly … Read more
Bridgestone, a global leader in tires and sustainable mobility solutions, announced an exclusive partnership with Carbon Capture and Transformation (CCT) company, LanzaTech to address end-of-life tire waste. The two companies will co-develop the first dedicated end-of-life tire recycling process leveraging LanzaTech’s proprietary CCT technology, creating a pathway toward tire material circularity and the decarbonization of … Read more
Clariant’s Catalysts business has been awarded three new contracts by China’s Lihuayi Group for its upcoming petrochemicals production units. The agreements include three of Clariant’s high-performance catalysts for the production of ethylene, styrene, and propylene. Stefan Heuser, Senior Vice President & General Manager at Clariant Catalysts, commented, “We are extremely honored to be awarded this … Read more
KBR announced that it has secured a contract from a leading midstream company for a world-scale olefins production facility to be built on the U.S. Gulf Coast. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide the license and engineering for the olefins production plant. KBR’s K-COTTM catalytic olefins technology is the key enabler that … Read more
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has set up a superabsorbent polymer (SAP) technology demonstration plant of 200 tonnes per annum at the Kochi Refinery. The plant was inaugurated by BPCL’s executive director in-charge (refineries) Sanjay Khanna, in the presence of other officials. Using the in-house acrylic acid as feedstock, SAP technology is used in various … Read more
Hydrogen Optimized, a subsidiary of Key DH Technologies Inc., announced that it has entered into a confidential Letter of Intent (LOI) with a large industrial company to provide more than 40 MW of RuggedCell water electrolyser capacity for hydrogen production. The LOI provides for high current unipolar RuggedCell systems to be deployed at one or … Read more