Braskem America (Philadelphia, Pa.; www.braskem.com) and Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) announced an agreement for the joint development of a commercial process technology to make bio-based butadiene from renewable feedstocks. Braskem is the world’s leading producer of biopolymers and the…
The plant engineering and construction company Uhde Inventa-Fischer (Domat/Ems, Switzerland; www.uhde-inventa-fischer.com) and Octal Petrochemicals, the largest PET resin manufacturer in the Middle East and the largest integrated PET sheet manufacturer in the world, successfully commissioned a polycondensation plant for the…
CB&I (The Woodlands, Tex.; www.cbi.com) has been awarded a contract by JSC Gazprom Neft for front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for a new oil-refining complex at Gazprom Neft's refinery in Omsk, Western Siberia, Russia. The existing refinery is currently…
Renmatix, Inc. (King of Prussia, Pa.; www.renmatix.com) and Virent, Inc. (Madison, Wis.; www.virent.com) have announced a strategic collaboration to convert affordable cellulosic sugars to renewable chemicals and bio-based packaging materials. Under the terms of the multi-phase development project, Renmatix’s Plantrose…
Praxair, Inc. (Danbury, Conn.; www.praxair.com) has started up its new carbon dioxide (CO2) purification facility at the Honeywell Resins & Chemicals site in Hopewell, Va. Under a longterm agreement, Praxair will purchase CO2 from Honeywell Resins & Chemicals, one of…
Air Products (Allentown, Pa.; www.airproducts.com) and Takamul Investment Company, a subsidiary of the Oman Oil Company, have announced that they have signed a joint venture agreement to establish an integrated industrial gases venture, which will be a provider for a…
Sonatrach (Algiers, Algeria; www.sonatrach.com) is nearing completion of a new paraxylene crystallization plant at its integrated refinery and petrochemical site in Skikda, Algeria, with startup scheduled during December of 2013. The plant’s core units will utilize CrystPX and GT-IsomPX process technology,…
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and LanzaTech (Roselle, Ill.; www.lanzatech.com) have signed a three-year research cooperation agreement which will see Evonik combining its existing biotechnology platforms with LanzaTech’s synthetic biology and gas fermentation expertise for the development of a route…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) has signed a contract to sell its Vinuran polyvinylchloride (PVC) modifier business to Kaneka Belgium N.V., a subsidiary of Kaneka Corp. (Osaka, Japan; www.kaneka.com). The transaction comprises intangible assets and inventory. It does not include…
Brenntag AG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany; www.brenntag.com) has signed an agreement to acquire a part of the operational business of Kemira Water Denmark A/S registered in Copenhagen. Brenntag takes over the distribution of caustic soda, sulphuric and hydrochloric acids,…