Cabot Corp. (Boston, Mass;. www.cabot-corp.com) marked the groundbreaking of its previously announced carbon black capacity expansion project in Cilegon, Indonesia. This phase of the project will add approximately 80,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr) of additional production capacity and is…
Baker Hughes (Houston; www.bakerhughes.com), C3.ai, and Microsoft Corp. announced an alliance to bring enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to the energy industry on Microsoft Azure’s cloud computing platform. This alliance will enable customers to streamline the adoption of scalable AI…
Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo; www.teijin.com) announced that it has signed a technical license agreement with Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. (SEMCORP) for the manufacture of solvent-based coating separators used in lithium-ion secondary batteries (LIBs) for electric vehicles (EVs). The…
Honeywell (Charlotte, N.C.; www.honeywell.com) announced that it is increasing production capacity of its proprietary Spectra fiber to meet the demands of global militaries and law enforcement for high-performing and lightweight armor that provides critical protection against a wide range of threats. Spectra fiber is…
Next Wave Energy Partners, LP (Houston; www.nextwaveenergy.com) has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to construct a new alkylate production facility, known as Project Traveler, which will be located adjacent to the Houston Ship Channel at Next Wave’s 53-acre site…
The Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority (SAGIA), Shell Overseas Services Ltd. (Shell; www.shell.com) and Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (www.amg-nv.com) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate the potential for construction and operation, subject to regulatory approvals, of a spent…
KBR (Houston; www.kbr.com) has been awarded a contract for its PLINKE Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Purification technologies by Italmatch Deutschland GmbH for its phosphorous acid production plant in Frankfurt, Germany. Under the terms of the contract, KBR will provide technology license,…
Eastman Chemical Co. (Kingsport, Tenn.; www.eastman.com) has announced that multiple debottlenecking projects underway to continually increase capacity to meet growing global demand for alkyl amines. The projects are taking place at Eastman’s global integrated assets located in North America, Europe…
Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara; www.sadara.com) and Baker Hughes (Houston; www.bakerhughes.com) have signed agreements through which Sadara will supply feedstock chemicals to Baker Hughes’ new chemical manufacturing facility in PlasChem Park. Under the agreements’ terms, Sadara will supply ethylene oxide (EO)…
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria; www.lenzing.com) officially launched construction work in Thailand to build the world’s largest lyocell production plant. Following the approval granted to the project in June 2019 and the successful signing of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management…