PreZero and Shell have joined forces through a collaborative agreement to tackle the challenge of recycling plastic by creating an innovative chemical solution. They acknowledge that not all types of plastic can be effectively recycled through mechanical processes, resulting in a significant gap in the circularity of plastic waste. To address this issue, both companies … Read more
Shell has recently come under scrutiny for breaching emissions limits at its Monaca polyethylene complex in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The violations have raised concerns among residents and environmentalists due to the potential health risks associated with increased air pollution. Shell has acknowledged exceeding the total emission limitations for air contaminants at its Pennsylvania plant, primarily … Read more
GAIL (India), a leading natural gas company with diverse interests across the natural gas value chain, has signed an MoU with Shell Energy India to explore opportunities in different facets of the energy value chain. The move is aimed at achieving improved sustainability in GAIL’s business operations. To diversify the feedstock for its petrochemical plant, … Read more
Ohmium International, a green hydrogen company that designs, manufactures, and deploys PEM Electrolyzers, is collaborating with Shell India to evaluate hydrogen applications, markets, and project opportunities in India and globally. As part of the collaboration, both parties have intent to launch joint working groups to assess opportunities from the technical, commercial, and safety perspectives. Ohmium’s … Read more
Shell Nederland B.V. and Shell Overseas Investments B.V., subsidiaries of Shell plc, have taken the final investment decision to build Holland Hydrogen I. This will be Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025. The 200MW electrolyser will be constructed on the Tweede Maasvlakte in the port of Rotterdam and will produce up … Read more
Shell Ventures BV and BlueAlp Holding BV announced a strategic partnership to develop, scale and deploy BlueAlp’s plastic waste to chemical feedstock technology. The technology transforms plastic waste which is tough to recycle into a recycled feedstock (i.e., pyrolysis oil) that can be used to make sustainable chemicals. Shell has taken a 21.25% equity stake … Read more
Mitsubishi Corporation and Shell Canada have signed a Memorandum of Understanding relating to the production of low-carbon hydrogen through the use of carbon capture and storage (CCS) near Edmonton, Canada. Mitsubishi aims to build and start-up the low-carbon hydrogen facility near the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Scotford towards the latter half of this decade, … Read more
Shell Nanhai BV and China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) have started up new units to complete the Phase 2 expansion of their 50-50 joint venture CNOOC & Shell Petrochemicals Co. Ltd.’s (CSPC) petrochemical complex to supply the Chinese market with essential petrochemicals. Newly commissioned installations include China’s largest styrene monomer and propylene oxide (SMPO), … Read more
Shell is planning a major restructuring as part of “a complete overhaul” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. “The refining portfolio is expected to be transformed during the energy transition … into six high-value energy and chemical parks integrated with Chemicals,” Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said. “This is expected to … Read more
Royal Dutch Shell plans to buy a 50% stake in Indian-based Nayara Energy’s $9 billion planned petrochemical project, according to a Reuter’s report. Global oil majors are looking at expanding foothold in the vast Indian market, where local refiners are investing billions of dollars to boost their petrochemical capacities. They are looking to meet an … Read more
Royal Dutch Shell is writing down the value of its oil and gas assets by up to $22 billion as it adjusts the oil’s historic crash in recent months. Shell updated its mid and long-term price and refining margin forecast in the second quarter of 2020 reflecting the anticipated impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and … Read more
The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), Shell Overseas Services Ltd. (Shell) and Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (AMG) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate the potential for construction and operation, subject to regulatory approvals, of a spent catalyst recycling facility in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia. The signing took place in Riyadh, Saudi … Read more
The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA) has announced more than $2bn worth of new petrochemical investment deals, which include a new polyacrylamide plant and an ammonia project in Jubail. The deals were signed in Riyadh between the SAGIA and five chemical majors, namely, German BASF, Anglo-Dutch Shell, Japanese Mitsui & Co, French SNF and … Read more
Saudi Aramco announced on Sunday it will buy Royal Dutch Shell’s 50% interest in the SASREF refinery in Jubail Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, for $631 million. The sale is expected to complete later this year, subject to regulatory approval. According to the statement, Aramco will take full ownership of the 305,000 barrels per day refinery … Read more
The consortium of Air Liquide, Nouryon, Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam – has announced on Friday that Shell will join as a partner in Europe’s first advanced waste to chemicals facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In the proposed commercial – scale waste – to – chemicals (W2C) project, Shell will become an equity partner. “We … Read more