In Canada, the Alberta Carbon Trunk Line (ACTL) system, the world’s newest large-scale carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) project, is now fully operational, said Enhance Energy, one of the project’s partners. The ACTL system captures industrial emissions and delivers…
McDermott International, Inc. (Houston) has completed the divestment of the Shaw Group pipe fabrication assets to Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings. After this acquisition, Ithaca Acquisitions Holdings will rename itself Shaw Acquisitions Holdings and operate the business as Shaw. The acquisition reestablishes…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has announced a long-term partnership with Nutrien Ltd, the largest integrated agricultural company in the world, for the supply of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride to Arkema’s Calvert City (Kentucky) site. This project has many advantages, as it…
LanzaTech (Skokie, Ill.), a leading biotech company and carbon recycler, has successfully launched LanzaJet, Inc., a new company that will produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). With its approach to commercialization of SAF, LanzaJet is creating regional jobs while enabling global…
Norsk Hydro ASA (Hydro; Oslo, Norway) and Northvolt announced the formation of a joint venture (JV) to enable recycling of battery materials and aluminum from electric vehicles. Through Hydro Volt AS, the companies plan to build a pilot battery-recycling plant,…
Air Products South Africa has announced that Air Products’ On-Sites Projects Team recently celebrated the successful commissioning of the second Prism Nitrogen production unit at Tronox Mineral Sands in Empangeni, KZN, South Africa. The plant will be owned and operated…
HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced that its Board of Directors has approved a plan to convert the Cheyenne Refinery to renewable diesel production and to construct a pre-treatment unit (PTU) located at the Artesia Refinery. Including the previously announced renewable…
AGC Inc. (Tokyo, Japan) announced the purchase of a biopharmaceutical commercial manufacturing facility in Boulder, Colorado, USA. The facility, formerly owned by AstreaZeneca, will provide AGC with additional capacity and significantly larger production scale. AGC will prepare for the plant…
PKN Orlen (Płock, Poland) is set to build a hydrogen hub in Włocławek, Poland by the end of 2021, ultimately producing up to 600 kg/h of purified hydrogen. The project provides for the construction of a plant for the production…
Arkema S.A. (Colombes, France) has finalized the sale of its Functional Polyolefins business to SK Global Chemical, and the sale is fully in line with the strategy to refocus the Group’s activities on Specialty Materials. With sales of around €250…