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Novozymes announces participation in Copenhagen carbon-capture project

Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark) has been included as part of ARC´s EU application to set up a carbon capture facility at the Amager Resource Center (ARC) in Copenhagen. Novozymes’ biosolution for enzymatic carbon capture is to be tested as a…

Hyundai Engineering and Técnicas Reunidas awarded contracts for PKN Orlen’s major petrochemicals project

PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) has signed a final contract with the contractor for Europe’s largest petrochemical project in 20 years. Hyundai Engineering Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) will be responsible for building the main…

DuPont to expand production capacity for ion-exchange resins

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) announced the expansion of its ion-exchange resin manufacturing production to address the high global demand for its pharmaceutical products such as excipients and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). DuPont Water Solutions is a leading producer of separation and…

GE and IHI to collaborate on development of ammonia fuels roadmap

GE Gas Power and IHI Corp. (Tokyo) announced that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been signed for collaborative development of gas turbine business roadmap (Ammonia Roadmap). The Ammonia Roadmap will support the use of ammonia as a carbon-free fuel…

Técnicas Reunidas wins two engineering contracts in Switzerland for new waste-handling plants

Técnicas Reunidas S.A. (TR; Madrid, Spain) has been selected by two Swiss entities to use technologies developed and patented by the Spanish company, in the preliminary engineering of two industrial plants that will be dedicated to the treatment of solid…

Versalis and Saipem sign agreement related to bioethanol production

Versalis S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese) and Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy) have signed an agreement to internationally promote PROESA, Versalis’ proprietary technology used to produce sustainable bioethanol and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Versalis and Saipem will provide integrated and…

Celanese to acquire Grupa Azoty’s polyacetal production technology and sales agreements

Celanese Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that it has acquired certain technology relating to the production of polyacetal (POM) products from Grupa Azoty S.A. (Tarnow, Poland), after its decision to discontinue its POM manufacturing. Celanese will take over all existing Tarnoform…

S&B awarded engineering and construction contract for Chevron Phillips’ new 1-hexene plant

S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. (S&B) was awarded an engineering and construction contract with Chevron Phillips Chemical L.P. (CP Chem; The Woodlands, Tex.) to engineer and build the company’s second U.S. world-scale unit to produce on-purpose 1-hexene. The asset’s location…

Baker Hughes and Borg CO2 to develop carbon capture and storage hub in Norway

Baker Hughes (Houston) and Borg CO2 AS, a Norwegian carbon capture and storage developer for industrial clusters, have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a carbon capture and storage project to serve as a hub for the…

Black & Veatch completes FEED work for upgrade of Koch Fertilizer plant in Nebraska

With Black & Veatch (Overland Park, Kan.)  having completed key front-end engineering design (FEED) work and cost guidance, Koch Fertilizer is undertaking a $90-million upgrade of its Nebraska nitrogen plant, looking to boost output while improving its reliability and environmental…