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Jacobs: Biomass gasification and methanation plant in Sweden  

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.; www.jacobs.com) has received a contract from Goteborg Energi AB for the GoBiGas-project, a 20-MW biomass gasification and methanation project in Goteborg, Sweden. Officials estimate the contract value at $19 million (€13.7 million). Jacobs is…

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Air Liquide to build two ASUs in Saudi Arabia  

Saudi Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; www.saudiaramco.com) and Air Liquide Arabia (www.airliquide.com) have signed a new long-term nitrogen supply agreement for Saudi Aramco’s operations in Qurayyah, in the Eastern Province. This nitrogen will be used by Saudi Aramco in the processing…

Dow makes energy from recycled plastic  

The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com) has successfully demonstrated the use of recycled plastic to generate energy. The successful pilot test measured how plastic that has been reused and recycled to the full extent possible can be used as…

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ABB commissions dynamic energy storage installation in the U.K.  

ABB (Zurich, Switzerland; www.abb.com) has commissioned its first DynaPeaQ energy storage installation for U.K. Power Networks at a site north of Hemsby in Norfolk, England. DynaPeaQ was recently launched by ABB and is part of its family of FACTS (flexible…

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Kobe Steel invests in Chinese compressor company  

Kobe Steel, Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan; www.kobelco.com) has acquired a 44.3% equity share in Wuxi Compressor Co., Ltd., based in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China, after reaching agreement with parent company Wuxi Victor Group Co., Ltd. The investment will enable Kobe Steel to…

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Sasol appoints S&B to construct tetramerization plant  

Sasol (Johannesburg, South Africa; www.sasol.com) has selected S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. (Houston; www.sbec.com) as its engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) contractor to construct its recently announced ethylene Tetramerization plant at Lake Charles, La. The pioneering plant…

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BASF to build new dispersions plant in South Africa  

BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany; www.basf.com) will invest in a dispersions plant in Durban, South Africa. The new plant will produce acrylic dispersions mainly for the coatings and construction industry. The facility will benefit from local availability of raw materials and…

Elevance and Royal DSM announce collaboration for bio-based thermoplastics

Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. (Bolingbrook, Ill.; www.elevance.com) and Royal DSM N.V. (Heerlen, The Netherlands; www.dsm.com) recently announced their intention to collaborate in evaluating Elevance’s unique monomers for the production of specialty bio-based thermoplastic materials for DSM’s engineering plastics portfolio. Elevance…

Zeachem secures woody biomass supply for biorefinery

ZeaChem Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.; www.zeachem.com) a developer of biorefineries for the conversion of renewable biomass into sustainable fuels and chemicals, today announced it has signed a long-term binding term sheet with GreenWood Tree Farm Fund (GTFF) to supply hybrid poplar…

Global leading indicators point to continued growth in industrial production, ACC report notes

Composite leading indicators (CLIs) in March for industrial production continue to point to global recovery, according to the latest American Chemistry Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com) Weekly Chemistry and Economic Trends report, which cites data from the Organization for…