Kolon Industries and SK Global Chemical Ltd. (both Seoul, South Korea) are cooperating to launch eco-friendly biodegradable plastic product PBAT (Polybuthylene Adipate-co-Terephthalate), which can “decomposes well,” in the third quarter this year. PBAT is an environmental-friendly plastic product that quickly…
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) and Borealis Group AG (Vienna, Austria) have completed the development of an innovative process for the cost-effective extrusion of expanded polypropylene (ePP) beads. Polypropylene (PP) is a highly effective material, offering advanced mechanical properties and…
Alfa Laval AB (Lund, Sweden) has become a partner in the Swedish company Liquid Wind, which develops electro-fuel facilities to produce renewable clean fuels. Alfa Laval will be part of the Liquid Wind board and contribute with its heat transfer…
TEGA GmbH (Würzburg, Germany) has announced the acquisition of Linde plc’s Austrian refrigerant business. Thanks to the many years that TEGA has acted as Linde Austria’s reliable refrigerants supplier, critical stock and supply capacities are already in place for the…
LanzaJet, Inc., a sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer launched by LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.), announced that Royal Dutch Shell N.V. (The Hague, the Netherlands) joins as an investor in the company to advance LanzaJet’s global growth, accelerate commercialization…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Rome, Italy) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A. has been awarded a contract by the Federal Executive Council to carry out Rehabilitation works for the Port Harcourt Refinery Co. Ltd., located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.) has announced that Brazil-based ECB Group will use the UOP Ecofining process to convert vegetable oils and inedible animal fats into renewable diesel and jet fuel at the Omega Green production facility in Villeta, near Asuncion, Paraguay. This…
Plug Power (Latham, N.Y.), Chart Industries, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) and Baker Hughes (Houston) announced their intention to become cornerstone investors in the formation of the FiveT Hydrogen Fund, a unique, new clean-hydrogen-only private infrastructure fund dedicated to delivering clean hydrogen…
Lummus Technology (Houston) announced that its Novolen business has been awarded a polypropylene (PP) contract by Jin Guo Tou (Jinzhou) Petrochemical Co., Ltd. at its petrochemical facility in Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province, China. "We are grateful to Jin Guo Tou…
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL; Mumbai, India) signed a Sales Purchase Agreement with integrated energy company OQ (Muscat, Oman) for the purchase of BPCL’s entire stake in Bharat Oman Refineries Company Ltd, (BORL), a 7.8 million ton/yr petroleum refinery located…