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Saipem acquires CO2-capture assets in Canada

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) has acquired a proprietary technology for CO2 capture from the Canadian company CO2 Solutions Inc. (CSI). CSI is a leading innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture, actively working to develop and…

Shin-Etsu enters license agreement with Qromis for gallium nitride technology

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. (Tokyo; www.shinetsu.co.jp), announced that it has concluded a licensing agreement with Qromis, Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) regarding the patented technology Qromis possesses in the field of gallium nitride (GaN) processing, as Shin-Etsu aggressively moves ahead with its…

BASF to expand capacity for polyurethane dispersions in Spain

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) announced a single-digit million-euro investment in the capacity expansion of water-based polyurethane dispersions at its Castellbisbal site in Spain. The expansion will allow BASF to increase its production capacity by 30%. “We want to continue…

Linde starts up air-separation plant at Shanghai Huali Microelectronics

Linde (Guildford, U.K.; www.linde.com) announced it has started up a new air separation plant to supply nitrogen, high purity oxygen and argon to the 12-in. wafer product line of Shanghai Huali Microelectronics Corporation (HLMC) in Shanghai. In addition, Linde will…

Invista and Hengli Petrochemical start up fourth PTA line in Dalian

INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT; www.ipt.invista.com) and Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co., Ltd have announced the successful start-up of Hengli’s fourth purified terephthalic acid (PTA) line. This plant boasts a capacity of 2.5 million metric tons per…

Eni and Adnoc announce carbon-capture collaboration

The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC; www.adnoc.ae) signed a strategic framework agreement with Eni S.p.A. (Rome, Italy; www.eni.com) to explore new opportunities for collaboration in carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), where ADNOC is an industry leader, and additional…

Saipem tests a new technology for the disposal and reuse of plastic waste

Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, Italy; www.saipem.com) signed a license agreement with ITEA S.p.A, an Italian company that owns the patent for application of a new plastics recycling technology. Originally designed for applications in the oil & gas sector, the…

ExxonMobil selects HUVRdata to digitize drone inspections and reporting

HUVRdata (Austin, Tex.; www.huvrdata.com) has been selected by ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) to support drone-based inspections and reporting. Over the past 2 years, HUVRData and ExxonMobil have collaborated to put in place a global Digital Reporting and Analytics platform…

Mitsubishi Chemical acquires German carbon-fiber manufacturer

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo; www.m-chemical.co.jp/) announced that it will acquire a German manufacturer of carbon-fiber prepreg materials,  c-m-p GmbH (Heinsberg, Germany) through its subsidiary, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Material, in a move to strengthen its presence in the carbon-fiber composite…

McDermott to sell Lummus Technology amidst major restructuring

As part of a major restructuring program, subsidiaries of McDermott International, Inc. (Houston; www.mcdermott.com) have entered into a share and asset purchase agreement with a joint partnership between The Chatterjee Group and Rhône Group (the Joint Partnership) pursuant to which…