Equinor, Shell and Total S.A. (Paris, France) have decided to invest in the Northern Lights project in Norway's first exploitation license for CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf. Plans for development and operation have been handed over to the…
CNOOC Oil & Petrochemicals Co. Ltd (CNOOC: Beijing), Shell Nanhai B.V (Shell) and the Huizhou Government announced a strategic cooperation agreement to further expand the CNOOC and Shell Petrochemical Co. (CSPC) 50:50 joint venture (JV) in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China.…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) has signed a definitive agreement for a long-term on-site contract for a world-scale coal-to-methanol production facility in Bengalon, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Under the long-term on-site contract, PT. Bakrie Capital Indonesia, part of the Bakrie Group,…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.) has been awarded another long-term onsite supply contract by a world-leading printed circuit board (PCB) and contract manufacturer in China. Air Products’ latest win will further enhance its strong supply position and onsite capacity to…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) today announced the successful commissioning of an advanced biomaterials facility in Birmingham, Alabama (photo) that will support the increasing global market demand for the use of Resomer bioresorbable polymers with parenteral drug products and implantable…
KBR, Inc. (Houston) has been awarded a technology contract by Valmet AB for the engineering and supply of an Ash Re-Crystallization plant for LD Cellulose S.A.’s 500,000-ton/yr pulp-mill project located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Under this contract, KBR will provide…
In recent years, the Rembe Safety Days series of events has repeatedly made Brilon, Germany a meeting place for global explosion safety and process safety. The content of the events was to present and discuss current topics in these areas,…
The growing circular economy in the chemical and plastics industry requires alternative raw material sources beyond crude oil, which urgently need to be further researched. Industrial electrochemistry can make a significant contribution to the development of new raw material sources…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) today announced the €25-million first stage of a long-term program to expand the capacity of its Dossenheim and Hanau facilities in Germany to support growing pharmaceutical demand for the contract manufacturing of active pharmaceutical ingredients…
CNOOC Huizhou Petrochemical Company Limited (CHPCL) has selected Axens’ (Rueil-Malmaison, France) ParamaX Technology Suite for its petrochemical complex expansion in Daya Bay, China. The project aims at increasing CHPCL’s high-purity aromatics production capacity to 3,000,000 ton/yr. The new aromatics complex…