Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) will begin marketing ARiA, its proprietary, cloud-based data and analytics platform, in collaboration with Accenture (Dublin, Ireland). Originally conceived for internal use by Repsol, the platform will now assist other companies in accelerating the use of…
Eni UK and Uniper SE (Düsseldorf, Germany) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly evaluate decarbonization initiatives in North Wales. The collaboration, in line with the UK government's ten point plan for green industrial revolution,…
Clean Harbors, Inc. (Norwell, Ma.) announced the signing of a definitive agreement with Vertex Energy, Inc. (Houston) to acquire certain assets related to Vertex’s used motor oil collection and re-refinery business in an all-cash transaction for $140 million, subject to…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announced that its subsidiaries NextChem and MET Development have reached an agreement with FerSam Uruguay S.A. (FerSam), part of FerSam Group, to develop projects for the production of green ammonia and bio-ethanol in Latin America. Under the…
Kemira Oyj (Helsinki, Finland) is increasing production capacity of water treatment chemicals in Yanzhou, China. These investments are another step forward in the execution of Kemira’s growth strategy and serve the growing water treatment demand in China and the Asia-Pacific…
United States Steel Corp. (U.S. Steel; Pittsburgh, Pa.) announced execution of a non-exclusive Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Equinor US Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Equinor ASA (Stavanger, Norway). Under the MOU, the companies will study the potential for carbon…
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has completed the delivery of key polymerization technologies to Denka’s styrenics resin plant in Singapore. This will allow the chemical manufacturer to quickly expand its production capacity. The company is now in a stronger position…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) has acquired 100 percent of PolyPacific Polymers Sdn. Bhd. (PPM) in Port Klang, Malaysia. PPM operates a 25,000-ton manufacturing facility producing reinforced and modified polyolefin compounds. Upon completion of the acquisition, the facility will undergo a…
Baker Hughes (Houston) and Samsung Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea) have announced a collaboration with regards to low to zero-carbon projects utilizing carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen technologies. As part of the collaboration, Baker Hughes and…
Celanese Corp. (Dallas) announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the Santoprene TPV elastomers business of Exxon Mobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.). Celanese will acquire the Santoprene brand as part of a comprehensive thermoplastic vulcanizates (TPV) product portfolio, along…