LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) announced that Hengyi Industries SDN BHD (Hengyi) will use the LyondellBasell Hostalen “Advanced Cascade Process” (Hostalen ACP) technology for a new facility. The process technology will be used for a 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) high-density polyethylene (HDPE) facility to…
Currently, there is growing interest in the prospect of using the existing natural gas infrastructure more extensively to transport hydrogen (H2) – green H2 in particular. Numerous initiatives have already been launched around the world in order to develop enabling…
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that it has completed the construction of a new plant to produce LUCANT, a series of hydrocarbon-based synthetic fluid, at its Ichihara Works in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture. With this new plant coming on top of…
W. R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) has licensed its UNIPOL PP Process Technology to PT Pertamina Rosneft Pengolahan dan Petrokimia (PRPP), a joint venture between Indonesia’s PT Pertamina and Russia’s Rosneft Oil Company. The UNIPOL PP facility, located in Tuban,…
Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) announced that Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) has selected Axens Vegan technology for its first production plant for advanced biofuels in Spain at its Cartagena refinery. This new plant will be capable of producing 250,000 metric tons per year…
NextChem, the group company focused on the global energy transition of Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com), has launched MyRechemical, a new subsidiary entirely dedicated to chemical valorization of non-recyclable plastics and “Waste to Chemical” processes. Thanks to this additional…
After more than two years of joint research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Total and Stanford University are releasing an open-source, high-performance simulator for large-scale geological carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. The GEOSX simulator will enable researchers around the world to…
Elkem (Oslo, Norway) has been awarded NOK 4.4 million (around $480,000) in support from Enova to develop technology that has the potential to enable new green value chains based on unused hydrogen from the company's silicon production in Bremanger, Norway.…
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (Seoul, South Korea) announced that it had signed an EPC contract and investment agreement for the Changwon Hydrogen Liquefaction Project, Korea’s first hydrogen liquefaction plant, with Gyeongnam Province, Changwon City, Changwon Industry Promotion Agency (CWIP),…
BP plc (London) and Ørsted A/S (Fredericia, Denmark) have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to work together to develop a project for industrial-scale production of green hydrogen – a significant step in developing bp’s hydrogen business. Green hydrogen is…