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Brooge Energy and thyssenkrupp Uhde collaborating on green-hydrogen project

 Brooge Energy Ltd., an infrastructure provider, announced that it has engaged thyssenkrupp Uhde to undertake the technical study of its planned Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia plant. The study will cover the green hydrogen production facilities, the ammonia plant, and…

AmSty signs longterm agreement for purchase of circular feedstocks from Encina recycling facilities

Americas Styrenics (AmSty) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Encina Development Group, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.) that will provide the opportunity to purchase up to 250,000 tons per year of circular feedstocks from Encina's facilities. In addition, AmSty has…

Schlumberger and Aramco to collaborate on digital decarbonization platform

Schlumberger (Houston) and Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) have announced plans to collaborate and develop a digital platform that will provide sustainability solutions for hard-to-abate industrial sectors. The proposed platform will enable companies in industries such as oil and gas, chemicals,…

NextChem announces €194-million grant for waste-to-hydrogen project in Rome

Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the "IPCEI Hy2Use" EU project. The project sets up the Hydrogen Valley in Rome, the first industrial-scale technological hub…

Air Liquide, Chevron, Keppel and PetroChina form carbon-capture consortium in Singapore

Air Liquide S.A. (Paris), Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), Keppel Infrastructure, and PetroChina announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a consortium that will aim to evaluate and advance the development of large-scale carbon capture, utilization,…

LyondellBasell, Granger and Novacel commercialzing bio-based protective films

Polymer manufacturer LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), converter Granger Frères SAS and ein surface solutions expert Novacel, have worked together to develop protective films using polyethylene (PE) polymers made from renewable resources, based on  a mass balance approach. They are commercialized…

Global Bioenergies sells to Repsol testing volumes of bio-isobutene derivatives for gasoline formulation

Global Bioenergies (Evry, France)  has announced that Repsol S.A. (Madrid, Spain) signed a purchase order for a volume of Global Bioenergies’ full-bio-based Ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE) to be used for formulation and performance assessment of gasoline. ETBE is widely used…

Petrofac and Oman Hydrogen Centre collaborate to develop green hydrogen capabilities

Petrofac Ltd. (St. Helier, U.K.) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Oman Hydrogen Centre (OHC) to collaborate in building capabilities for Oman’s renewable energy sector, particularly in green hydrogen. Located at German University of Technology (GUtech), OHC is the…

Neste unveils study to transition its Porvoo refinery to produce solely renewable and circular products

Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) has launched a strategic study on transitioning its refinery in Porvoo, Finland to non-crude oil refining and into a globally leading renewable and circular solutions site. Through co-processing and retrofitting of units, and benefiting from available…

Amogy and Trafigura to research ammonia cracking technology

Amogy Inc. and Trafigura announced an agreement to study the use of ammonia as a carrier to transport clean hydrogen from point of production to point of consumption. The findings of this joint research on ammonia cracking will help support…