UPM-Kymmene Oyj (Helsinki, Finnland) has selected Siemens Energy AG (Munich, Germany) to supply electrification, automation and digitalization (EAD) packages for a next-generation biorefinery currently under construction in Leuna, Germany. The biorefinery will be the first industrial-scale facility of its type…
Repsol (Madrid, Spain), Axens and IFPEN (both Rueil-Malmaison, France) have developed a pioneering and patented process to enhance the chemical recycling of plastic waste and boost circular materials production. The Rewind Mix process removes impurities such as silicon, chlorine, diolefins…
Baker Hughes (Houston) and Borg CO2 AS, a Norwegian carbon capture and storage developer for industrial clusters, have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on a carbon capture and storage project to serve as a hub for the…
The first tests to produce renewable petroleum from sawdust have just been carried out at Preem AB’s (Stockholm, Sweden) refinery in Lysekil. Work has now started to process 50,000 tons of pyrolysis oil at the plant. The renewable raw material…
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) announced that its Ultramid Ccycled polymers, manufactured in Freeport, Texas, have received validation by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Under UL 2809, Environmental Claim Validation Procedure (ECVP), Ultramid Ccycled grades, using multiple pre- and post-consumer waste streams, are…
Following announcement of a joint development agreement in June 2020, Dow, Inc. (Midland, Mich.) and Shell Chemicals (London, U.K.) now report progress on their technology program to electrically heat steam cracker furnaces. This new route has the potential to significantly…
Covenant Energy Ltd. (Saskatchewan, Canada) has chosen Haldor Topsoe’s HydroFlex renewable fuel technology to produce clean diesel from vegetable oil. The 6,500 barrels-per-day renewable diesel unit will be built in Saskatchewan, Canada, and is scheduled to go into operation early in…
LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) and Neste Corp. (Espoo, Finland) announced a long-term commercial agreement under which LyondellBasell will source Neste RE, a feedstock from Neste that has been produced from 100% renewable feedstock from bio-based sources, such as waste and…
Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo) has entered into a license agreement with Mura Technology, Ltd. pertaining to a process (HydroPRS) for manufacturing raw materials (regenerated oils) for chemical products from plastic wastes. MCC is continuing to consider the conversion of…