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Agilyx and ExxonMobil establish Cyclyx JV focused on plastics recycling

Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS,and a leader in advanced recycling technology, established the joint venture (JV) Cyclyx International LLC., on January 1, 2021. ExxonMobil joined Agilyx to become a founding member of the joint…

TPC Group starts up second phase of Port Neches C4 project

TPC Group (Houston) announced the successful startup of the second phase of its terminal operations as part of a three-phased start-up process to serve current and future customers and supplier needs. This phase of the terminal project successfully started with…

Elkem to study carbon-capture opportunities at Norwegian manufacturing plants

With a long term-goal to achieve carbon-neutral metal production, Elkem (Oslo, Norway) is currently conducting a feasibility study for the establishment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The purpose of the study is to assess the technical and economic feasibility…

ExxonMobil tests advanced recycling of plastic waste at Baytown facilities

ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.) has completed the initial phase of a plant trial of a proprietary advanced recycling process for converting plastic waste into raw materials for production of high-value polymers. The trial, at the company’s existing facilities in Baytown,…

Swedish consortium to construct demonstration plant for cellulosic textile fibers

TreeToTextile, owned by H&M Group, Inter IKEA Group, Stora Enso, and LSCS Invest,  announced that it is investing €35 million in constructing a demonstration plant in Sweden for upscaling new sustainable textile fiber. It is a critical next step towards…

New LED lighting system will help cut CO2 emissions at OMV Petrom refinery

OMV Petrom SA (Bucharest, Romania) has invested €1.5 million at the Petrobrazi refinery to streamline the lighting system of ten industrial ramps, where crude oil and feedstock is unloaded and oil products are loaded. The old lighting system at the…

Europe’s largest Power-to-X project announced in Denmark

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), a Danish fund management company focused on renewable energy infrastructure, has unveiled plans for the establishment of Europe’s largest production facility of CO2-free green ammonia. The project will be located in the town of Esbjerg on…

Braskem to expand production capacity for biopolymers in Brazil

Braskem S.A. (Philadelphia, Pa.) is expanding its production capacity of green ethylene, the main feedstock derived from sugarcane ethanol, which is used in the production of renewable resins. These materials can therefore claim to capture CO2, a greenhouse gas. This…

DuPont Clean Technologies to revamp hydrotreater at ISAB refinery in Italy

DuPont Clean Technologies announced that it has signed a contract with ISAB S.r.l. (ISAB, wholly owned by LUKOIL) to revamp the refinery’s existing trickle-bed diesel hydrotreater at the Priolo Refinery in Siracusa, Italy with the IsoTherming Hydroprocessing Technology.  ISAB commissioned DuPont…

Borealis to invest in new RTO to reduce CO2 emissions at Porvoo polyolefins plant

Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) announced that it is investing EUR 17.6 million in a new Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) for its polyolefins plants in Porvoo, Finland. This equipment will significantly lower the site’s CO2 emissions, reduce flaring and save…