On March 3, Sadara Chemical Company (Sadara; www.sadara.com), a Joint Venture developed by Saudi Aramco & The Dow Chemical Company, broke ground on the Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Propylene Oxide (PO) Pipeline Project. This pipeline will serve a key industrial…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) a wholly-owned subsidiary of Linde plc, has authorized the construction of a world scale hydrogen plant in Louisiana to supply product under a long-term contract with a major refinery in the area. The new plant…
Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway; www.akersolutions.com) has been selected by Preem, Sweden’s largest fuel company, to perform tests and studies of its carbon capture technology at Scandinavia’s biggest oil refinery in Lysekil on the Swedish west coast. Aker Solutions will…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy; www.mairetecnimont.com) announced that its subsidiary Tecnimont S.p.A., through its affiliate Tecnimont Arabia Company Limited, has been awarded a reimbursable EPC contract by National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NATPET) for the reinstatement of the existing Polypropylene Plant…
Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc. (www.mathesongas.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of TNSC Group, has completed its acquisition of the divested Linde HyCO business in the United States that became available as a result of the global business combination of Linde and Praxair.…
ExxonMobil Corp. (Irving, Tex.; www.exxonmobil.com) announced that it will fund the construction of a new polypropylene production unit in Baton Rouge that will expand production capacity along the Gulf Coast by up to 450,000 metric tons per year (m.t./yr). Construction…
Air Products (Lehigh Valley, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) announced it has completed the acquisition of ACP Europe SA (ACP), the largest independent carbon dioxide (CO₂) business in Continental Europe. All required customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals have been satisfied. Financial terms…
Bayport Polymers LLC (Baystar), the 50/50 joint venture owned by Total Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc. (TPRI) and Novealis Holdings LLC — itself a joint venture co-owned by Borealis AG (Vienna, Austria; www.borealisgroup.com) and NOVA Chemicals Inc. (www.novachem.com) — held…
The Linde Group (Munich, Germany; www.linde.com) has signed a contract with Praxair Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com), to supply a hydrogen plant. The new plant will be part of Praxair's hydrogen system in Louisiana. "We are very pleased with this second…
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals; Amsterdam; www.nouryon.com) and Gasunie have agreed to supply green hydrogen to BioMCN for the production of renewable methanol from CO2. The companies say it marks the next step in the sustainability of processes in the…