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…
Steelmaker Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (SZFG; www.salzgitter-ag.com) has awarded the contract to build a 2.2 megawatt Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolysis plant to Siemens Gas and Power, marking an important step towards hydrogen-based steelmaking. The plant is due to commence operation…
Showa Denko (SDK; Tokyo; www.sdk.co.jp) has decided to license its technology to produce vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) to Shenghong Refining Petrochemical (Lian Yun Gang) Co., Ltd., (SRP) China, under a formal alliance agreement between SDK and engineering firm KBR, Inc.…
Chemetry (Moss Landing, Calif.; www.chemetry.com) and TechnipFMC (Houston; www.technipfmc.com) have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for the licensing and engineering of Chemetry's eShuttle technology for the production of Propylene Oxide (PO). PO is a commodity chemical produced worldwide and used…
Johnson Matthey plc (JM; London; www.matthey.com) has acquired the full intellectual property rights to a portfolio of silicon-alloy-based anode materials from 3M Company. The acquisition is a further step in JM’s longterm strategy to apply its world class scientific expertise…